and relaxation, as formerly described respecting the treatment of
broken bones; and the bandages should be renewed every third day;
and they should appear loose on the third day, as in the other case.
And splints should be applied at the proper time (for there is nothing
unsuitable in them, whether the bones be fractured or not, provided
there is no fever); they should be particularly loose, whether applied
to the arm or the forearm, but they must not be thick. It is necessary
that they should be of unequal size, and that the one should ride
over the other, whenever from the flexion it is judged proper. And
the application of the compresses should be regulated in the same
manner as has been stated with regard to the splints; and they should
be put on in a somewhat more bulky form at the seat of the injury.
The periods are to be estimated from the inflammation, and from what
has been written on them above.
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