Some observations on congenital dislocation of the hip.

The entity passing under the name of congenital dislocation of the hip is so complex that the sense of privilege in contributing to this special issue of the Journal in honour of Sir Thomas Fairbank does not completely offset a feeling of awe engendered not only by the occasion but also by the vastness of the subject. With a similar feeling Isaak Walton must have approached his task ofwriting the COMPLEATANGLER. In a letter of dedication to his patron, John Offley, he said “ Sir, this pleasant curiosity of fish and fishing, of which you are so great a master, has been thought worthy the pens and practices of divers in other nations that have been thought men of great learning and wisdom ; . . . I do freely confess that I should rather excuse myself than censure others, my own discourse being liable to so