It is felt that the application of this simple treatment accelerated the return of men to active work and reduced to a minimum the days lost. Had the accepted plaster-of-Paris method of treatment been used in these cases, the average period of disability would have been six weeks, with a probable total loss of 2,772 man-days, as compared with the 132 days lost in this series. In addition, the psychological effect of not having to wear a cast helped the injured man to justly minimize his injury and encouraged him to use his injured foot more freely, thus maintaining good circulation and hastening bone repair.