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occafion pain : but, if it fhouldbe obje&ed, that they 
are not iufficiently broad for a thick le<j, that incon- 
venience may be remedied by putting a dip of pafte- 
board, or thin wood, between them on the fore-part 
of the leg, if thought neceftary. The ftraps of the 
inftrument are fufficient to lecure the whole. 
1 made, with my own hand, the firft of thefe 
inftruments of ftrong pafteboard with iron plates 
rivetted upon them ; which fucceeded very well. 
I have tried alfo various materials for the fame purpofe , 
fuch as ftrong hide leather, hardened with glew ; 
alio wood, and plate-copper ; any one of which will 
anfwer fufficiently, it well formed : neverthelefs 
I {hall prefer the pafteboard, if made ftrong enough , till 
I can meet with a workman, that will make them, 
accurately, of harder materials. 
The lame pollute, that is recommended for broken 
legs, 1 have found equally lerviceable with refpedt to 
broken thighs ; and for the fame reafon : in which 
cafe the common wooden fp lint is as good as any 
other, “provided it be long enough to fecure both 
extremities of the fradtured bone. 
1 have, through the whole of this aefcription, 
made ute of the terms upper and under fplints, for the 
fake of being more eafily underlTod : though per- 
haps the calling the one ti biale, and the other fibula - 
rium, would lerve to diftinguilh them better, and give 
a more precite idea of the manner of their application ; 
the fi ft being placed io as to cover a great part of the 
tibia, and the lecond forming a fare bed for the 
fibula. 
Received 
