The diet ought to be good, in all cases of ulcers; but spiritous liquors, and the irregularities of life, must be avoided. In ulcers of the legs, if pressure be employed, rest is not absolutely requisite; but, if this be not used, no cure can be obtained, if the patient walk about. Even if the adhesive plaster be applied, we ought not to allow of so much motion as to produce fatigue, or any uneasiness in the sore. The treatment, then, of this genus of ulcers, may be comprised in two aphorisms. First, When the action is, from the first, healthy and vigorous, and is continuing so, all which is essentially necessary, is to defend the part, and prevent the operation of any cause which might injure the action, such as cold, too much heat, mechanical irritation, &c. This may be done, by applying a bit of dry lint, or a rag spread with simple ointment, and wrapping the limb round with a flannel roller. But, if the action begins to flag, as it often does in large ulcers, or if the process become stationary, we must then indispensibly have recourse to gentle pressure. Second, When the action has, at any one period, been diseased, or too low, but has been restored to a proper state, we must of necessity continue gentle pressure, and treat the sore as if the action were stationary, although it may not be so. GENUS II. _Of the Indolent Ulcer._ In this genus, the action is diminished, and, consequently, rendered imperfect and diseased. Indolent ulcers, like those of the next genus, are divisible into two species: First, that in which both parts of the ulcerative action, namely, the granulating and purulent, are equally diseased, and equally imperfectly performed: Second, that in which one part is more affected than another[49]. [49] The circumstance of one part of an ulcer being more affected than another, will be more fully noticed in considering the next genus, in which it is of more practical consequence. Ulcers generally belong to this species, before they assume the characters of the second (for they frequently change from one species, or genus, to another; in which case, the treatment must also be changed). The first species is distinguished by the following symptoms, which appear in greater or less degrees, according to the diminution and imperfection of the action.