18.Thefollowingshouldbethestateofmattersonthefirstapplicationofthebandage.Thepersontowhomithasbeenappliedshouldsaythathefeelsthecompressionparticularlyattheseatoftheinjury，butverylittleattheextremities;thepartsshouldbeadjustedbutnotpressedtogether，andthatratherbythenumberofthebandagesthanbytheforceoftheconstriction;andthetightnessshouldratherbeontheincreaseduringthefirstdayandnight;butonthenextitshouldbeless，andonthethirdthebandagesshouldbeloose.Onthenextdayasoftswellingshouldbeobservedintheextremities;andonthethirdday，whenthebandagingisloosed，theswellingshouldbefounddiminishedinsize，andthisshouldbethecaseeverytimethebandagesareremoved.
Atthesecondapplicationofthebandage，itshouldbeascertainedwhetherthedressinghasbeenproperlydone，andthengreatercompressionshouldbemade，andwithmorebandages;andonthethird，stillgreater，andstillmore.Ontheseventhdayfromthefirstdressing，whenthebandagesareloosed，thelimbshouldbefoundslenderandthebonesmobile.Wemustthenhaverecoursetothesplints，providedthelimbbefreeofswelling，pruritus，andulceration，andallowthemtoremainuntiltwentydaysaftertheaccident;butifanysuspicionsarise，thebandagesmustbeloosedintheinterval.Thesplintsshouldbetightenedeverythirdday.
19.Thesuspendingofafracturedlimbinasling，thedispositionofit，andthebandaging，allhavefortheirobjecttopreserveitinposition.Theprincipalconsiderationswithregardtothepositionarethehabitsandthepeculiarnatureofeachofthelimbs：thevarietiesareshowninrunning，walking，standing，lying，action，repose.
20.Itshouldbekeptinmindthatexercisestrengthens，andinactivitywastes.
21.Compressionshouldbeproducedbythenumberofbandages，ratherthanbytheforceoftheconstriction.