3i*] F R A the- immediate use of the fan ■ w bile, the limb should | :d in the easiest posture, and the body kept quiet, cool, and open. by emollient clysters. As soon as the size and situa- tion of the fractured bone is ascer- tained, two or more splints made ef leather or pasteboard, exactly fitting the injured limb, should be procured, and moistened previous to their application : thus, they will soon accommodate themselves to the shape of the parts, and serve to retain the limb steady with a ■very slight bandage ; for which purpose, that of 12 or ] 8 tails is preferable, £s being more easily applied and removed than the usual rollers. — Fractures of the ribs re- quire adhesive plasters ; the pa- tient must always lie straight and easy, without being exposed to op- portunities of sneezing, laughing, coughing, or distending his sto- mach by hard food. Hence the lightest provisions, and frequent •weak or diluent drink, are net sary. — The most proper external application in fractures, is a mix- ture of equal pans of vinegar and hich the compresses and 1 • should be repeatedly moistt The greatest care should be taken to retain the bones, after tiny are replaced, in their situa- tion, by proper compresses, or bandages, v hich, howe vt t, should not be- too tightly applied. Much rods on the age and habit of I patient, with respect to the time for pt rforraing a cure- j though, in middle-aged per- sons, and under favourable eircum- ces, a fracture of the leg or thigh bone may be healed in two I f thi arm. in six v i of tin ribs, clavicle*, uud bout, s of FRE the hand, in three weeks. But »* old age, a much longer time is ge- nerally required than dming in- fancy. Fragrance: : See Odour. FRECKLES, are spots of a yel- lowish colour," about the size of a lentile-seed, frequently appearing on tiie face, neck, and hands. — These discolourations are either constitutional in the individual, or arise in consequence of the jaun- dice, or the action of the sun upon the part. Heat, or a sudden change of the weather, often causes the skin to assume a darker colour than natural, and thus produces what is called tan, sun-burn, andmorpl which differ only in degree, and usually disappear in winter. Persons of a delicate complexion, and particularly such as have na- turally red hair, are most subject to freckles in the face, and other parts exposed to the air. For the gratification of those who consider the removal of such little blemishes an object worthy of their attention, we shall communicate the follow- ing remedies : According to Homberg, one of the best application-, for dispersing freckles, is a mixture of bullock's gall with a solution of alum, which. after the latter has subsided, must be digested in the sun lor three oi four months in a close phial. — Ano- ther preparation is made by taking 4oz. ot lemon-juice, and mixing with it 2 drams ot sugar, and one of borax, finely powdered ; and, after i clients haw stood a week or fortnight in a glass tx the liquor will be lit for use. — As, however, freckles generally vanish during the winter, and have been ed tO n in early spring-, the rharp iitormng-air <>f which, though salubiiousj ia said to
