What space of time may there be allow'd for curing the Fracture of a Bone?
The Cure will take up more or less time, according to the variety of the Parts, or the different thickness of the Bones: Thus to form
the Callus of the broken Jaw-Bone, twenty Days may well be allotted; for that of the Clavicle, or that of the Shoulder-Bone, twenty four; for that of the Bones of the Elbow, thirty; for that of the Arm-Bone, forty; for that of the Wrist-Bone, and those of the Fingers, twenty; for that of the Ribs, twenty; for that of the Thigh-Bone, fifty; for that of the Leg-Bone, forty; for that of the Bones of the Tarsus and Toes, twenty.
What ought to be done in particular to promote the formation of the Callus?
The fractur'd Part must be rubb'd with Oleum Lumbricorum and Spirit of Wine heated and mingled together: The Decoctions of Agrimony, Sayine, and Saxifrage are also to be us'd, and the Lapis Osteocolla is a Specifick: It is usually given in great Comphrey-Water, or in a Decoction of Perewinkle made with Wine, and is often re-iterated.
C H A P. III.
Of the particular Fractures of the Skull.
What is a Fracture of the Cranium or Skull?
It is a Wound of the Head complicated with a Fracture of the Skull-Bone.