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a sufficiency of moisture for all purposes. Russia 

 towelling or coarse Russia linen forms the best bandage 

 for the wet, and strong close-grained Scotch sheeting 

 makes the best bandage for the dry. Oil-shin, or 

 xoater-proof material of any kind whatever, is higJily 

 objectionable, because it repels the evaporation altogether, 

 or suffers it to escape ivith great difficulty; it greatly 

 retards the cure, and ifi some cases is productive of much 

 mischief As long as moisture is applied to the animal 

 frame, the heat of the blood must generate steam, and 

 the cure of disease is thus effected through the well- 

 regulated escape of evaporation without exhausting 

 the vital energies. Bandages three inches wide are 

 sufficient for the legs, and fifteen or eighteen inches 

 in width are sufficient for the body. The method of 

 rolling them is to give the bandages a fold or twist 

 every time they do not conform to the configuration 

 of the limb or to the direction required. They must 

 be rolled sufficiently tight to retain their position during 

 the night, and to prevent the rapid escape of eva- 

 poration. They must not be rolled too tightly, other- 

 wise they will impede the free circulation of tlio 

 blood. 



Finally, we find that the system of the English 



