1873.] 



THE BROKEN THIGH. 



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ordered all his people to stand clear of the spot where the 

 disaster occurred, but he supposed that in this instance his 

 orders had not been heard. They had not sufficient goods 

 in any case to respond to the demand ; the process adopted 

 to set the broken limb is a sample of native surgery, which 

 must not be passed over. 



Kawende Surgery. 



First of all a hole was dug, say two feet deep and four in 

 length, in such a manner that the patient could sit in it 

 with his le^s out before him. A larere leaf was then bound 

 round the fractured thigh, and earth thrown in, so that the 

 patient was buried up to the chest. The next act. was to 

 coyer the earth which lay over the man's legs with a thick 



