12.Infractureswemustattendtothelength，breadth，thickness，andnumberofthecompresses.Thelengthshouldbethatofthebandaging;thebreadth，threeorfourfingers;thickness，threeorfourfold;numbersoastoencirclethelimb，neithermorenorless;
thoseappliedforthepurposeofrectifyingadeformity，shouldbeofsuchalengthastoencircleit;thebreadthandthicknessbeingdeterminedbythevacuity，whichisnottobefilledupatonce.Theupperbandagesaretwo，thefirstofwhichistobecarriedfromtheseatoftheinjuryupwards，andthesecondfromtheseatoftheinjurydownwards，andfrombelowupwards;thepartsabouttheseatoftheinjurybeingmostcompressed，theextremitiesleast，andtherestinproportion.Theupperbandagesshouldtakeinaconsiderableportionofthesoundparts.Wemustattendtothenumber，length，andbreadthofthebandages;thenumbermustbesuchasnottobeinferiortowhattheinjuryrequires，noroccasioncompressionwiththesplints，norprovecumbersome，noroccasionanyslippingofthem，norrendertheminefficient.Astolengthandbreadth，theyshouldbethree，four，five，orsixcubitsinlength，andasmanyfingersbroad.Thefoldsofthestrings（selvages？）shouldbesuchasnottooccasionpressure;theyaretobesoftandnotthick;andallthesethingsaretobeproportionatetothelength，breadth，andthicknessofthepartaffected.Thesplintsaretobesmooth，even，androundedattheextremities;somewhatlessallalongthantheupperbandaging，andthickestattheparttowhichfractureinclines.
Thosepartswheretherearetuberosities，andwhicharedevoidofflesh，suchastheanklesorfingers，wemustguardfromthesplintswhichareplacedoverthem，eitherbyposition，orbytheirshortness.
Theyaretobesecuredbythestringsinsuchamannerasnottooccasionpressureatfirst.Asoft，consistent，andcleancerateshouldberubbedintothefoldsofthebandage.
13.Astothetemperatureandquantityofthewaterused，itsheatshouldbejustsuchasthehandcanbear，anditoughttobeknownthatalargequantityisbestforproducingrelaxationandattenuation，whereasamoderatequantityisbestforincarnatingandsoftening.Thelimittotheaffusionis，tostopwhenthepartsbecomeswelledup，andbeforetheswellingsubsides;forthepartsswellupatfirst，andfallafterward.