Plaster casts could become a thing of the past thanks to a new technique which locks broken bones together. The procedure, developed by orthopaedic surgeons, could also avoid scarring of the skin ...

Image caption, Thanks to Anne's pioneering work at the SRA, plaster casts are still used to treat broken bones today. Like papier maché it is lightweight and can be x-rayed. Although plaster of ...

Image caption, Thanks to Anne's pioneering work at the SRA, plaster casts are still used to treat broken bones today. Like papier maché it is lightweight and can be x-rayed. Although plaster of ...

As a sculptor, she went on to develop plaster of Paris for use in treating ... As Anne's biographer David Llewellyn explains, the treatment of broken bones was a particular problem: "The Tommies ...