For broken arm or leg bones, put a splint (made of wood, plastic, metal, or another rigid material padded with gauze) against the area to prevent movement; loosely wrap the splint to the area ...

In the overall cohort and in men, there were no significant differences in forearm supination or pronation with the short arm cast, sugar tong splint, or long arm splint. For women, there was a ...

Early arm splints were usually made with wood and often led to the break healing incorrectly. Up to this point broken limbs had been roughly set using wooden splints. These splints didn’t always ...

The splint was made of a metal framework, with leather slings supporting the arm. Image caption, The exhibition, including items supervised above by foundation trust staff governor Dave Adams ...