CHAP. XXV. Of the fourth manner of restoring a dislocated Shoulder.
YOu must take a perch, or piece of Wood (somewhat resembling that which the Water-bearers of Paris use to put on their shoulders) some two inches broad, and some sixe foote long; in the midst hereof let there bee fastened a clew of yarne, or ball of sufficient bignesse to fill up the cavitie of the arme-hole. Let there be two pins put in, one on each side of the ball, each alike distant there-from, with which, as with stayes, the shoulder may be kept in, and upon the ball, that it slip not away from it. Let two strong men, taller than the Patient, eyther by nature or art, put this perch upon their shoulders; then let the Patient put his arme-pit upon that place where the ball