Starch as prepai-ed for laundry purposes, but!
littlo thieker, is lightly smeared over the banda^
in ooiirso of application, and externally when l
apparatus is oomplote. It gives strength in holdii
togother the turns of the roller and the splints, i
prevents them fidling apart when the case is opened
About a coffee cup full of starch is suiflciont for i,
arm or a leg, and about twice that quantity when I
apparatus lias to be constructed for fractured thig

Opming the Apparatus. Immobility of the 1
mmtH has hern insisted on throughout this voin;



he primaiy and fundiimental iiidicutinit t(t be

lied to ensure poi-f'ect bone repair ; and the

wvaile apparatus has been represented as the one

t calculated to fulfil the mdication. At the same

B it lias been stated that the deefeasing size of the

(b, due to diaappeai-iiucc oi" swelling, or wasting of

I unused muscles, renders necessary the opening

I retittii^ of the apparatus ; — a neceasity appar-

r inconsistent with the desired immobility; in

lal feet it is not so, but on the contrary, the

tion of the limb eau be carried out without

J the iii-agments in the Klightest degi-ee.
I long as the patient is comfortable, and the

»tu8 fits the limb closely, it is not to be opened ;

It so soon as it becomes n little kwse it must be

i -up in front and re-adjusted. For this purpose

dodly the best instruments ai-e the scissors

. 3, Plate 7,) msmufactui-ed by Messrs. Coxetor

Son, of London, after Mr. J. T. Clover's idea.
