John Charnley (1911-) C.B.E., F.R.C.S., Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Manchester, Director, Center for Hip Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, was the effective innovator of the arthroplastic procedure known in English medical writings as total hip replacement. There is of course a century and a half of joint recdnslructivc surgery behind this. Charnley's principal contribution must be considered the efficient development of a self-curing acrylic cement to anchor both the femoral replacement and the acetabular acrylic or metal socket. This 1961 report in the Lancet was suggested by John Charnley in a personal communication to me as among his most important early contributions to total hip replacement.

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