ings ▁today . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁this ▁method ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁mobil ization ▁of ▁patients ▁with ▁f ract ures ▁and ▁a ▁marked ▁reduction ▁in ▁hospital ▁time ▁required . ▁ ▁Pl aster ▁cast s ▁Although ▁these ▁band ages ▁were ▁an ▁improvement ▁over ▁Lar rey ' s ▁method , ▁they ▁were ▁far ▁from ▁ideal . ▁They ▁required ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁to ▁apply ▁and ▁dry ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁often ▁shr ink age ▁and ▁dist ort ion . ▁A ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁interest ▁had ▁been ▁ar oused ▁in ▁Europe ▁around ▁ 1 8 0 0 ▁by ▁a ▁British ▁diplom at , ▁cons ul ▁William ▁E ton , ▁who ▁described ▁a ▁method ▁of ▁tre ating ▁f ract ures ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁observed ▁in ▁Turkey . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁gy psum ▁pl aster ▁( pl aster ▁of ▁Paris ) ▁was ▁m ould ed ▁around ▁the ▁patient ' s ▁leg ▁to ▁cause ▁imm obil ization . ▁If ▁the ▁cast ▁became ▁loose ▁due ▁to ▁at ro phy ▁or ▁a ▁reduction ▁in ▁sw elling , ▁then ▁additional ▁gy psum ▁pl aster ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁fill ▁the ▁space . ▁Ada pt ing ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁pl aster ▁of ▁Paris ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁hosp it als , ▁however , ▁took ▁some ▁time . ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 8 , ▁do ctors ▁in ▁Berlin ▁were ▁tre ating ▁leg ▁f ract ures ▁by ▁align ing ▁the ▁b ones ▁in ▁a ▁long ▁narrow ▁box , ▁which ▁they ▁filled ▁with ▁mo ist ▁sand . ▁Sub st itution ▁of ▁pl aster ▁of ▁Paris ▁for ▁the ▁sand ▁was