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ÜLCERS.

have slender legs, is three inches ; hut for those whose legs are ofa larger size, they should always be three inches and a half inwidth. They must therefore, at first, he torn a little wider, thatthey may be of their proper width when repeatedly washed. Itwill likewise be found, that rollers made of fine, soft, and openflannel will answer much better than those made of coarse or hardflannel. The rollers should be often washed, as they becomemuch softer, and of course sit easier when quite clean than when¡•oiled.

" In applying a roller (says this gentleman) the first circleshould be made round the lowest part of the ancle, as near as possi-ble to the heel ; the second should be formed from thence roundthe foot ; the third, to be passed again round the foot quite to thetoes. The roller should then be passed from the foot round theancle and instep a second time, to make the fourth circle. In do-ing this it should be brought nearer (but not over) the point of theheel than it was at the first time of going round the part. Thefifth circle should pass over the ancle again, and not more thanhalf an inch higher up the leg than the fourth circle. The sixth,seventh, eighth, and ninth circles should ascend spirally along thesmall of the leg, at the exact distance of three-fourths of an inchfrom each other. Having proceeded thus far up the leg, we maybegin to increase the distance of the circles from each other,«hieb may now succeed each other upward to the knee, at the dis-tance of from one to two inches, according to the size and shapeof the leg. At that part where the calf of the leg commences it isgenerally necessary to let the upper edge of the roller he once,twice, or thrice turned downwards, for about half the circumfer-ence of the leg, in order to make the roller lay smooth between themiddle of the calf and the small of the leg. "When the roller hasbeen thus applied as far as the knee there will be a portion of itto spare, of perhaps a yard in length ; this remainder should bebrought down by spiral windings, at greater distances from eachother than those which were made in the ascent of the roller. Thewindings should in general be completed in the small of the leg.where the roller should be pinned.

" In applying the compresses, it is necessary in every instance,to put them on one by one, and not all in a mass, though they heof a proper size and number. They should be crossed in differ-ent directions; the largest of them should in no case be longerthan just to meet on the opposite side of the leg to which theyare applied. If the same compresses in any case be applied twodays together, they should always be turned on the contrary sideat each re-application, in order to prevent wrinkles on the skin."

As Mr. Whately objects to pressure being made with adhesiveplaster, the following is the calamine cerate he has usually employed

Take Prepared Hog's Lard, 3 lb.Lead Plaster, 1J lb.

Prepared Calamine, I lb.

To this formula Mr. Whately adds another for making a cerate,which nearly resembles the unguentum tripharmicum of the olddispensatory ; but being less oily, it makes a much more adhesive