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Author Topic: Curse You Dolomite!  (Read 7794 times)

CaptainNitpick

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Re: Curse You Dolomite!
« Reply #60 on: January 04, 2010, 10:56:29 pm »

Got to have [gypsum] to make plaster for orthopedic casts.
Whoa, wait what?

It's in the devlog:

Quote from: Toady
I've been working on plaster orthopedic casts and some more reaction options have come out of that, like the use of the kiln and dumping products in container "reagents" (like an empty bag). I didn't really want to say "orthopedic casts" in a fantasy game, "surgical" or "medical" cast sounded too specific and too weird respectively, and I didn't want to just say "plaster cast" either, as that is ambiguous (especially if dwarves use plaster for other things later), so I'm going for "plaster arm cast", "plaster body cast" etc., I think. Or "gypsum plaster <etc.>", since there might be other kinds of plaster later. It can't be called plaster of Paris or the dwarves would never find it.
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