[LMB] RE: upon rereading TSK:B, pt 5

[Katrina Allis]

Mary:

> Aren't broken arms and legs usually broken in the forearm and the  lower
> leg?
> I've only known one young person who had a broken femur--I  think that's a
> fairly rare break, except among the elderly who break the  femur at the
> hip.  I
> forget how many pounds of pressure it takes to  break the average femur,
> but
> it's a pretty impressive number.   The fibula and tibia in the lower leg
> are
> much thinner bones and more  easily broken.  Same with the radius and ulna
> as
> opposed to the  humerus.  The knives were made of the humerus and femur,
> IIRC.
>

I can't see my cursor at the moment, so my spacing might be a bit erratic,
sorry.

My experience has actually been the opposite.  My next door neighbour across
the road but one, who was about a year older than I was, broke his femur
coming off his bike going down a hill when I was about seven or eight.  He
was in traction for six weeks in the summer!

Some years later, my father broke his femur in four places playing rugby and
got a plate and eight screws put in.  When that was removed, it ended up on
one of our bits and pieces shelves.

I haven't known very many people who have broken things, admittedly.  A
friend of mine broke her wrist and fractured her skull in a car accident,
and I broke a tiny piece in my left hand once.  But that's about it for
people I know who have broken things.

Katrina

-- 
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order as it should be.

Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was
putting one foot in front of the other.  Moving all the same.
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