Word: splints
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...tried but could not take on the inward passions of abstract expressionism. "I was too sensual to turn inside," he says. "I was driving myself crazy as an art student. One teacher agreed and even called me schizophrenic." Now Segal takes a short cut to sculptures; he makes splint personalities by making thin-walled plaster molds of his friends, blurring and refining the wet plaster to his purposes. With his unconventional technique, Segal found a new reality emerging while the plaster set. "To hold a pose for 40 minutes," says he, "you can't be in a social...
...rests at the end of the elbow (the medial epicondylar epiphysis) is pulled out of position by tendons and muscles and is sometimes fractured. In Little League shoulder, the cartilage near the end of the upper arm bone (humerus) is torn loose. Both injuries require immobilization with a cast, splint, or sling. But all too often, cases are treated at home as "pulled muscles." Many of the injuries could be avoided if young pitchers were warmed up properly before going into a game. Says the University of Florida's Dr. Byron G. Brogdon, who has been compiling case histories...
...Harrington's technique frees patients from the confines of a cast, permits them to lead normal lives during treatment. Key to Harrington's method is a slender, stainless-steel rod that resembles a soda straw and serves somewhat like a splint. In a complicated, two-hour operation, the curved spine is straightened, then bound into place with one to three rods, which are fastened to the spine with metal hooks. The rods are readily accepted by the body, says Dr. Harrington, and need never be removed. Affixed to the spine just beneath the back muscles, they cause...
...enemy except wild chaos and disorder, the returning chipper and cheerful airmen were a welcome sample of American mission in a week when the U.S. was humiliated by the defection to Moscow of two trusted security employees (see below). Said Lieut. Kenneth E. Stickevers, his right hand in a splint and his left bandaged: "We do this for a living. We'll go anywhere, any time...
...Splint's face seemed to collapse into weariness. "I understand. What was it you wanted--House sports permission...