T ODAY in every walk of life, we are all too prone to accept the advancements, improvements, luxuries, discoveries, and conveniences of the age as something the world owes us. In fact, it seems as though people the world over believe they were intended always to be the recipients of a magnificent and munificent heavenly dole. Our present mental attitude reminds us of the man who had his choice between a good position and the dole he was receiving from his government. After some deliberation he came to the conclusion he would rather receive the dole and be independent. Although the nursing profession and the medical profession have been and are closely allied in their work and their mutual appreciation of each others' problems, there has always seemed to be a gap in the fullest appreciation by the nursing profession of the real significance and meaning of certain medical discoveries. It is to get away from the idea that our job is worse than yours and to clear up the hazy ideas we have that new medical ideas and discoveries arise de novo, to be followed immediately by hundreds of successful case reports, that we are writing this. It is with the hope of helping to bridge the gap already mentioned by delving behind the scenes, as it were, and showing just what takes place in building up some new procedure and technic. What does osteomyelitis mean to you? The word itself means inflammation in the marrow cavity of bone, which may be acute or chronic. In a broader sense it really means bone infection