Broken arm. Two year old boy with a plaster cast on his arm holding a toy truck. A cast is used to immobilise a broken bone after it has been reset. T

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Broken arm. Two year old boy with a plaster cast on his arm holding a toy truck. A cast is used to immobilise a broken bone after it has been reset. The immobilised bone is then left to heal. The bones of young children can heal very quickly, in as little as 3 weeks.

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Photo credit: © PAUL WHITEHILL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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