ay, a long, wide mesh shawl, with a bandage, 7 to 8 inches
in width at each end, is most servicable, as it will reach around the
body 4 or 5 times. In order to exclude the air as much as possible, the
moist compress is first applied, and then the shawl is placed around the
body in such a way that each succeeding turn covers the previous one to
about one-half, in bandage form.

THE CROSS PACK (25)

This is applied in case of men's diseases and women's diseases of the
sexual organs. To the woollen material and the linen crash of the
abdominal pack, another piece, about half as long and about 7 inches
wide, is sewed or pinned before application, in the form of a T.

[Illustration: No. 2]

Before the two ends of the abdominal pack are folded over on the front
of the abdomen, the narrower piece is drawn up between the legs from
behind, so that the end of it can be fastened to the two sides of the
abdominal part of the pack that are folded over in front.

As shown above, the abdominal pack must reach down as far as possible,
and if a patient is unable to stand both packs, the moist part of the
abdominal pack may be omitted, and only the regular pack over the sexual
organs and the woollen part over the abdomen applied.

In case the cross piece is for the purpose of cooling and contracting,
it must be frequently renewed.

Women should accompany the ablutions mornings and evenings with
injections of lukewarm water at 71 degrees to 82 degrees, and men should
make ablutions of the sexual parts 5 to 6 times a day with water at 64
degrees to 71 degrees.

The cross pack has the advantage of gradually putting back into normal
position, the female organs, if they are in any way displaced.

These packs will help to cure cases of leukorrhoea and gonorrhoea,
locally too, without operations or the application of poisons,
especially if applied at an early stage.

LEG PACKS (26)

These are applied in a similar way to the abdominal pack.

A towel or linen is doubled, moistened, and placed upon the woollen
cloth, so that the woollen material extends about two inches beyond the
upper and lower edges of the towel. These are laid together under one of
the patient's legs, covering it from the middle of the thigh to the
ankle, turned up from both sides and fastened with three safety pins.
The other leg is packed in the same way, each one separately.

[Illustration: No. 3]

In like manner partial packs of the calves or the feet