mperature sufficiently high. The bath should
be continued for several hours--the longer the better. Thus the pain and
swelling will be greatly reduced, and the tenderness which, in the
beginning, is so excruciating, will largely disappear. The next step is
to properly support the injured parts in order that unnecessary movement
may be prevented, thus avoiding further tearing of the ligaments. This
may be accomplished by means of various splints--the most popular being
those made of plaster of Paris, or silicate of sodium, either of which
will require the services of a physician in order to have them properly
applied.

Within recent years a treatment has come much into vogue, which is
exceedingly satisfactory, and has the advantage that it does not
require the service of an expert in order to have it properly
carried out. This consists in the application of strips of adhesive
plaster to the skin over the seat of the injury and for some
distance both above and below the joint affected. Ordinary
sticking-plaster is not the best for this purpose, though in an
emergency it might be used; much better is the so-called mole-skin
plaster, which is much thicker, and does not require moistening
before being applied. The plaster should be torn into strips about
three-fourths of an inch wide and twelve to eighteen inches long.
Where the ankle is the seat of the trouble, a strip is firmly
applied to the back of the foot, beginning just behind the toes,
and is brought around the ankle and carried up on to the calf of
the leg--thus partially winding the plaster around the leg. The
first strip having been applied, another is put on in a similar
way, the edges of the latter overlapping those of the former. This
is continued until one side of the ankle is fairly well covered,
after which we may begin operations on the opposite side, carrying
the strips around the leg in such a way as to meet and overlap
those first put on. This process is continued until the entire
joint is completely covered with the plaster. It is of the utmost
importance that the foot be put in a natural position before we
begin to apply the plaster, as, otherwise, it will be left in a
constrained and uncomfortable position, which will do away largely
with the good effects of the splint. Where carried out in the
proper way it is in the