Broken Bones, Sticks & Egg Whites #shorts

Currently, Fiberglass and Plaster of Paris are the most common cast materials used for bone fractures. For either, there is a hard outer layer (either plaster or fiberglass) and cotton and other synthetic materials are used to line the inside of the cast to make it soft and provide padding
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Brief History of Casts used for Broken Bones:
3000 BC Egyptian use of wooden splints
30 AD Romans use splints w/ stiffened bandages
970 Arabs used liquid plaster coating
16th Century French surgeon Pare made casts of wax
1812 Dominique Larrey began stiffening bandages by camphorate alcohol, lead acetate and egg whites
1828 Doctors in Berlin aligned broken bones in narrow wooden boxes filled w/ moist sand
1850s Mathijsen and Pirogov developed first Plaster of Paris bandage
1931 Cellona, first commercial bandage introduced in Germany
1970s Development of Fiberglass Casting Tape
1990s New water-resistant cast linings introduced #casting #brokenbones #fracturehealing
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