ind us ▁treated ▁f ract ures ▁with ▁b am bo o ▁spl ints , ▁and ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Hi pp ocr ates ▁discuss ▁management ▁of ▁f ract ures ▁in ▁some ▁detail , ▁recomm ending ▁wooden ▁spl ints ▁plus ▁exercise ▁to ▁prevent ▁mus cle ▁at ro phy ▁during ▁the ▁imm obil ization . ▁▁ ▁The ▁ancient ▁Gree ks ▁also ▁used ▁w ax es ▁and ▁res ins ▁to ▁create ▁st iff ened ▁band ages ▁and ▁the ▁Roman ▁C els us , ▁writing ▁in ▁AD ▁ 3 0 , ▁describes ▁how ▁to ▁use ▁spl ints ▁and ▁band ages ▁st iff ened ▁with ▁st arch . ▁Arab ian ▁do ctors ▁used ▁l ime ▁derived ▁from ▁sea ▁shell s ▁and ▁album en ▁from ▁egg ▁whites ▁to ▁st iff en ▁band ages . ▁The ▁Italian ▁School ▁of ▁Sal erno ▁in ▁the ▁tw elf th ▁century ▁recommended ▁band ages ▁hard ened ▁with ▁a ▁fl our ▁and ▁egg ▁mixture ▁as ▁did ▁Med ieval ▁European ▁b ones et ters , ▁who ▁used ▁cast s ▁made ▁of ▁egg ▁white , ▁fl our , ▁and ▁animal ▁fat . ▁By ▁the ▁six teenth ▁century ▁the ▁famous ▁French ▁sur geon ▁Am bro ise ▁Par é ▁( 1 5 1 7 – 1 5 9 0 ), ▁who ▁champion ed ▁more ▁hum ane ▁treat ments ▁in ▁medicine ▁and ▁promoted ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁artificial ▁lim bs , ▁made ▁cast s ▁of ▁w ax , ▁card board , ▁cloth , ▁and ▁par ch ment ▁that ▁hard ened ▁as ▁they ▁d ried . ▁ ▁These ▁methods ▁all ▁had ▁mer