The Pedestrian's Record

i io the pedestrian's record. absurd nostrums lead silly women astray, and men too ; but we warn them not to tumble into the in­ volving trouble "catch alive () " mesh ! Sprains and contusions require on their immediate occurrence hot- water fomentations, yet how constantly we see in athletic dressing-rooms stimulating linimentsapplied over recently-occurring congested surfaces, and fre­ quently half over bodies that are free from any kind of hurt, the possessors of these scathless bodies telling you that its application gives them elasticity, and makes them run faster, the truth being that the friction produces electrical action and energy for which the embrocation gets the credit. Contusions, if not of an extensive nature, require little treatment beyond the application of vinegar and water to the affected part, but those where large sur­ faces, and especially when subjacent tissues are in­ volved, the attendance ofa surgeon should be sought. Muscular laceration is by no means uncommon to those taking severeexercise—runners, and particularly jumpers, who sometimes strainor rupture the muscles at the back part of the leg or just above the knee ; in the latter case the patella, or knee-cap, is constantly implicated in the mishap. For such cases as these all work must be prohibited, as no treatment without per­ sistent rest will avail anything, and the greater the ease given the sooner will reparation follow. Apply at first hot fomentation to an injury of this kind, so as to reduce the congestion ; this effected, rub over the surface of the injured part soap liniment, to which add