1. Under war conditions, the guillotine or open amputation, followed by continuous skin traction and plastic repair at a later date, is the most satisfactory way of treating cases requiring amputation.
2. Attempts to hasten healing of an amputation stump by skin-grafting should definitely be avoided, as the resulting stump is unfit for the use of a prosthesis and is much more difficult to revise than is one which has been allowed to heal under continuous traction.