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  2. Orthopedic cast - Wikipedia

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    Newly applied short leg cast Short leg walking cast Plaster of Paris short leg walking cast with toeplate Long leg cast for tibial fracture. Lower extremity casts are classified similarly, with a cast encasing both the foot and the leg to the hip being called a long leg cast, while a cast encasing the patient's foot, ankle and lower leg ending below the knee being called a short leg cast.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Stereotype (printing) - Wikipedia

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    A stereotype mold ("flong") being made Stereotype casting room of the Seattle Daily Times, c. 1900. In printing, a stereotype, [note 1] stereoplate or simply a stereo, is a solid plate of type metal, cast from a papier-mâché or plaster mould taken from the surface of a forme of type.

  5. 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]

  6. 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

  7. Glass casting - Wikipedia

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    A bowl made from cast-glass. The two halves are joined together by the weld seam, running down the middle. Glass casting is the process in which glass objects are cast by directing molten glass into a mould where it solidifies. The technique has been used since the 15th century BCE in both Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Modern cast glass is ...

  8. Foster Photoplay Company - Wikipedia

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    Foster Photoplay Company was a film production business in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1910 by William D. Foster [1] (also known as Juli Jones). It is widely considered to be the first film production company established by an African-American featuring all African-American casts.

  9. Midway Plaisance - Wikipedia

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    The Midway Plaisance, known locally as the Midway, is a public park on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.It is one mile long by 220 yards wide and extends along 59th and 60th streets, joining Washington Park at its west end and Jackson Park at its east end.