The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. i 11 a small proportion of tincture of iodine ; blend the two together by shaking the bottle and apply daily. When the knee-cap has been injured, either directly or indirectly, usually this bone seems to stand out, and around it is found that the capsule has become dis­ tended with synovia. In such case bandages will be necessary, either linen or india-rubber, and as the ap­ plication of the one or the other, and themode of sur­ rounding the part with them, demands the manipula­ tion of an expert, surgical skillshould be engaged. Muscular affections, not caused by injury, but in­ duced indirectly by physical exertion, at times affect the athlete. These consist of pains occurring in various parts of the body, and owe their origin to nervous depression, and they occur thus : a man who has been daily taking violent exertion, in his training for a race, has done too much work ; the nerves have week after week been supplying life to the muscles, so much in excess of their natural functions that their energy becomes exhausted, andinternal congestion of the muscular tissue supervenes in the part from which their vitality has been removed. There is hardly a portion of the body which is absolutely free from these affections, for they are met with wherever there are voluntary muscles or their tendinous prolonga­ tions. The pains produced have been thought to be of a rheumatic type, and the much-abused liver has been denounced as the culprit, but whether the pains alluded to be called cramp, neuralgia, or receive any other appellation, they arc represented by burning