37. Whatever may be the advantages of this bandage over the others, it must still be acknowledged to have its inconveniences. The rollers become relaxed in a short time; their compression is less active; the muscles, being less confined, contract more readily; hence the necessity of frequently repeating the application of the apparatus, a circumstance which is very troublesome, on account of the roller which composes it, and covers the whole limb. The resistance of it even when it is recently applied, is not always equal to the power of the muscles, whence the most assiduous attention is necessary, to obtain such a consolidation as to leave no trace of the fracture behind. Few persons ever possessed, like Desault, the art of overlooking nothing that might in any way contribute to the success of his treatment: from this, no less than from the excellence of his processes, arose the number of his cures. Let us confirm, by a few examples selected from among a great many, the doctrine here laid down. The following cases were collected by Julian and Bezard. CASE I. Francis Leclert, of a sanguine temperament, fell on the 7th of October, 1790, on his right knee, and produced a transverse fracture of the rotula. He was not able to rise; he was carried home, where a surgeon, on discovering the nature of his disease, advised him to be taken to the Hotel-Dieu. He was conveyed thither on the day following, and, in the interval, a considerable swelling had occurred around the joint. The usual bandage was employed; the pains ceased immediately after its application; a copious blood-letting was directed, and a low diet was prescribed. The whole apparatus was wet with vegeto-mineral water, two or three times a day. On the next day some light food was allowed, and the quantity increased by degrees, till in a short time the patient returned to his usual regimen. Eighth day, the swelling being almost gone, the bandage had become relaxed it was therefore reapplied. Every day the inclined plain formed by the bolsters was carefully examined, and put in order again as often as it became deranged. Fifteenth day, a new application of the apparatus: twentieth day, an evacuation in consequence of a bilious disposition. Nothing particular occurred from this time till the completion of the cure, which took place on the sixty-seventh day after the accident: no depression existed at the place of the fracture: the motions were perfectly free; these were aided, by daily exercising the knee joint for some time.