a little Stick in the middle, to consolidate 'em. The Foot is supported with a Paste-board or Wooden Sole, trimm'd with a Bolster, or small Quilt sow'd over it. Divers Strings are also fasten'd to the middle of the sides of the Sole or Pump, which are cross'd to be joyn'd to the Scarves; and another is fixt at the end of the Sole, which is ty'd to a Ribband that binds the middle of the Scarf. These Scarves are likewise fasten'd with three Ribbands, beginning with that in the middle, the Knots being without, and trimm'd with four Bolsters, that is to say, two on each side, to fill up the Cavities that are below the Knee, and above the Ankle. Lastly, the Leg is to be plac'd somewhat high, and a Cradle to be laid upon it, to keep off the Bed-Cloaths, the Scarves passing over the Knee and Foot. _The Dressing of Complicated Fractures_ Of the Arms, Legs, and Thighs is prepar'd with a Bandage having Eighteen Heads or Ends, in order to make which, a Linnen-Cloth is to {295} be taken of the length of the Part, and broad enough to cause it to be cross'd thereby: It is to be folded into three doubles, and cut in three places on each side, leaving the middle plain; so that eighteen Heads or small Bands are form'd, every one of which will be four fingers broad, the upper Heads being a little shorter than the lower. This Band of eighteen Heads is to be laid upon the Scarves, and a Bolster is to be apply'd to it four Fingers broad, as long as the Scarves. The Leg is laid upon this Bolster, and it hinders the corrupt Matter from falling on the Bandage. When the Wound hath been dress'd, the fracture is to be incontinently surrounded with one of the Heads, which ought to cross one another: Then after the Leg hath been bound with the first Heads, two Longitudinal Bolsters are to be apply'd to the side of it; and the other Heads are to be rais'd up, with all the rest of the Dressing, which hath been describ'd in the simple Fracture. * * * * * CHAP. XVIII. _Of the Fracture of the Bone of the Foot._ The Reduction of the Bone of the Foot is perform'd after the same manner as that of the Hand. {296} _The Dressing and Bandage_ Are made with a Band roll'd with two Heads, being three Ells long, and two Fingers broad: The Application of it is begun with a Circumvolution above the Ankles; it is pass'd on the Foot, and in like manner makes a Circumvolution round it: Afterward the same Band is cross'd over the _Metatarsus_, upon which are made some Folds in form of a _Rhombus_ or Diamond; as also on the Toes, and it is stay'd above the Ankle-Bone; or else it is carry'd up along the Leg, to be stay'd above the Knee. This Bandage serves for all Fractures of the Bones of the Foot, and is call'd the _Sandal_. * * * * * {297} A TREATISE OF THE OPERATIONS Which are perform'd in LUXATIONS. * * * * * CHAP. I. _Of the Luxation of the Nose._