IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Hugh Owen Thomas (1834-1891) was an ...

Based on: The Thomas Splint and Its Modifications in the Treatment of Fractures. By Meurice Sinclair, C.M.G., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.) With a Foreword by Sir Robert Jones ...

Splints are required for the treatment of broken limbs. They are made of any unyielding substance, such as wood, bark, bundles of twigs, wire, rifles, bayonets, swords &c … They should be bound to the ...

Story of the invention of the splint by Hugh Owen Thomas and its use in World War 1. Eddie Butler tells the story of the 'Anglesey Bonesetters' Thomas family and looks at development of the splint, ...