A Case of Chopart's Amputation after 15 Years

Chopart's amputation is not advocated ir. modern textbooks of surgery. It gives a very good end-bearing stump if properly done and the following case illustrates this point :? A female, aged 25 years, destitute, was admitted in 1935 for a swelling on the forehead. In her childhood at the age of 10 years, she sustained a railway accident as a result of which her right foot was crushed and was amputated. On admission she was found to have venereal warts of the vulva, the Wassermann reaction was strongly positive and the swelling of the forehead was hard and bony, but just above the glabella it was soft and slightly fluctuating-