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in a feat, prefled down the calf of my 

 leg with my other hand : In which po- 

 fture I kept them till MefT. John Douglas 

 and James RufTel fargeons of this place 

 came; and, after being fatisfied of the 

 rupture, by preiTmg their fingers into the 

 hollow between the two ends of the ten- 

 don, they applied comprefTes, and a bend- 

 ed board on the upper part of my foot 

 and fore part of my leg. which they kept 

 as near as they could, in a (Iraight line, 

 by a tight bandage made with a long 



roller. This dreiling became foon too 



uneafy for me to bear, and the board was 

 liable to lliufHe, whatever care was taken 

 in the application of the bandage : There- 

 fore I changed it for the following com- 

 pound one, confiding of two pieces. (See 

 Tab. viii.) 



Fig. 2. Is a footfock or flipper A, o-f 

 double quilted tiking ; from the heel of 

 which B, the quilted ftrap C, is of fuch a 

 length as to come up above the calf. 



Fig. 3. A ftrong quilted calf-piece L, 

 with pye-holes MM on each fide, through 

 which a lace, fig. 4. is to be palTed j and, 



with 



