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  2. Orthopedic cast - Wikipedia

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    Orthopedic casts or just casts are a form of medical treatment used to immobilize and support bones and soft tissues during the healing process after fractures, surgeries, or severe injuries. By restricting movement, casts provide stability to the affected area, enabling proper alignment and healing of bones, ligaments, and tendons.

  3. List of defunct medical schools in the United States

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    National Medical University Chicago 1891 1892 1909 1891 National Homeopathic Medical College, 1895 National Medical College, 1900 National Medical University, 1909 declared not in good standing by Illinois State Board of Health [2] Illinois National University of Illinois Chicago 1889 1890 Fraudulent [2] Illinois Northwestern College of Midwifery

  4. Plaster cast - Wikipedia

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    Plaster cast bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon based on a life mask cast in 1786.. A plaster cast is a copy made in plaster of another 3-dimensional form. The original from which the cast is taken may be a sculpture, building, a face, a pregnant belly, a fossil or other remains such as fresh or fossilised footprints – particularly in palaeontology (a track of dinosaur ...

  5. University of Denver - Wikipedia

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    University of Denver Former name Colorado Seminary (1864–1880) Motto Pro Scientia et Religione (Latin) Motto in English "For Knowledge and Spirit" Type Private research university Established 1864 ; 160 years ago (1864) Religious affiliation Nonsectarian ; founded by Methodists Academic affiliation CUMU IAMSCU NAICU Space-grant Endowment $1.02 billion (2023) Chancellor Jeremy Haefner ...

  6. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The earliest pipes were made of clay, and are found at the Temple of Bel at Nippur in Babylonia. [126] [b] 4000 BC: Oldest evidence of locks, the earliest example discovered in the ruins of Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria. [129] 4000 BC – 3400 BC: Oldest evidence of wheels, found in the countries of Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. [130 ...

  7. Cast saw - Wikipedia

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    Elektrische Gipssäge, by Ortopedia, Kiel, Germany. A cast saw is an oscillating saw used to remove orthopedic casts.Instead of a rotating blade, cast saws use a sharp, small-toothed blade rapidly oscillating or vibrating back and forth over a minimal angle to cut material and are therefore not circular saws. [1]

  8. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    A tea bag is a small, porous paper, silk or nylon sealed bag containing tea leaves for brewing tea. Tea bags were invented by Thomas Sullivan around 1903. The first tea bags were made from silk. Sullivan was a tea and coffee merchant in New York who began packaging tea samples in tiny silk bags, but many customers brewed the tea in them. [92]

  9. Anne Acheson - Wikipedia

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    Anne Crawford Acheson CBE FRBC [1] (5 August 1882 – 13 March 1962) was a British-Irish sculptor. She and Elinor Hallé invented plaster casts for soldier's broken limbs. . Acheson exhibited at the Royal Academy and internat