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incisions made around the heels at the junction o£ the plantar 
with the posterior surface (figure 1, E ; Pl. XI, figure 3) : in an- 
other case a small incision was made on the inner aspect o£ eacli 
heel alongside the tendo Achilles. In addition to thèse openings 
a deep cleft was ahnost invariably made between the great and 
second toes (figures 1 and 2, / and Pl. XI, figure 2) and from it 
the sole and in some cases the phalangeai région o£ the dorsum 
pedis were stuffed with linen or mud (figure 2, 0). 
The treatment o£ thèse varions wounds varied considerably. 
As a rule they are merely smeared with a resinous paste either 
with or without the previous apposition o£ their edges ; in other 
cases the openings are closed by a running suture o£ hempen 
string (Pl. XI, figure 1 and Pl. VI, figure 2) ; and in some cases 
oblong strips o£ linen are placed over the wounds and fixed by 
means o£ a resinous paste. In one case a large ulcer on the dorsum 
o£ the foot had been stufïed with butter such as is often found in 
the mouth. 
The Packing of the Arms. 
The arms were almost invariably packed through an opening 
which was made in the neighbourhood o£ the shoulder. (figures 
1, 2 and 3, a). It may be at the top, alongside the acromion 
process ; it may be lower down and as £ar l^ack as the posterior 
border o£ the deltoid or as far forward as its anterior border, or 
even as far as the mid-point of the clavicle ; or it may be lower 
stiU near the insertion of the deltoid. Its size, shape and direc- 
tion are as variable as its position: it may be gaping or closed, 
stitched, merely smeared with resinous paste, covered with a 
patch of linen or plugged with a linen pad (Pl. XII, Pl. IV 
Pl. XIII). 
In most cases the arm and forearm (as far as the neighbourhood 
of the wrist), the pectoral région, the axilla and a small area of 
