174 PHILOSOPHICAI- TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1745. 



The patient being laid on his back, on the edge of the bed, he applied a nap- 

 kin on the false ribs, which was pulled tight by 2 assistants, in order to press the 

 contents of the abdomen downwards : another assistant pressed the abdomen on 

 the right side, while, by pressing the crista of the fractured os ilium gently in- 

 wards, he brought both the edges of the fracture to a mutual contact. 



The fracture being reduced, the napkin applied on the false ribs was tightened, 

 and kept on during the whole cure with the scapulary. He applied proper com- 

 presses, and a pasteboard cut according to the figure of the bone, over which he 

 applied the spica bandage. The patient was kept in bed for about 3 weeks, lying 

 on his back, the affected side being supported with a soft pillow. By this means, 

 and by observing what is generally recommended in all fractures, the patient was 

 perfectly cured, and walked very well at the month's end. 



Of a curious Tripos and Inscription found near Turin, serving to discover the 



true Situation of the ancient City Industria. By David Ershine Baker. N° 



477, p. 540. 



Dr. Joseph Laurentius Bruni, f.r.s., and physician of the College at Turin, 

 having, in the month of March, 1744-5, sent from thence the description of a 

 most curious antique tripos of metal, found, some little while before, together 

 with a plate of the same, bearing an extraordinary inscription, at a village called 

 Monteu, on the right side of the river Po, about l6 miles from Turin ; and the 

 same gentleman having lately sent us likewise an Italian dissertation printed at 

 Turin, wherein the learned authors (Paul Ricolvi and Anthony Rivautella) un- 

 dertake to discover, from the said inscription, and other concurring circum- 

 ' stances, the true place of the ancient city Industria, mentioned twice by Pliny ; 

 a short account, collected from the whole, and translated into English, may prove 

 not unacceptable. 



This tripos, they say, far exceeds every thing of its kind, preserved hitherto in 

 any of the cabinets in Europe, as well for its structure, as for the variety and 

 elegance of the several relievos with which it is adorned. Each of its 3 pillars 

 has on it 4 small figures : the first, which is placed at the top, represents a ter- 

 minus of Venus ; the second is a Victory, or a winged Fortune rather, standing 

 with her feet on a globe ; the third, which is near the middle of the pillar, is a 

 Harpy, winged, with a woman's face ; and the fourth figure, at the foot of the 

 pillar, appears to be an old Silenus or Satyr, crouching himself together in an 

 odd manner. 



The pillars are joined to each other by little bars of metal, fastened by rivets 

 at top, and rings at bottom, in such a manner that they may be closed together, 

 or drawn asunder^ at pleasure; and when they are extended to the utmost, the 



