On splitting plasters. A useful analogy.

An inner tube was inflated and then surrounded with plaster wool and plaster-of-Paris bandages. The plaster and the wool were next progressively divided. There was no significant reduction of the pressure inside the tube until both the plaster and the wool had been divided and separated from the inner tube along the entire circumference.

The science of pinning the neck of the femur.

Experiments show that the cancellum of some femoral heads and of the trochanteric region is too weak to support a nail. A simple classification of traumatic femoral neck fractures is presented. These are either vertical or, less commonly, transversely disposed.