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To: seowulf

My dad used to recount how as a kid he had that crank come back around on him and compound fracture his ulna, Doctor set it by pulling on both ends and re-aligning them. No anesthesia.


16 posted on 04/11/2020 6:32:43 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

Compound as in the bone broke through the skin?

Heck of a thing for a kid to go through. Back then you had to be tough.


23 posted on 04/11/2020 6:46:10 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Bonemaker

“My dad used to recount how as a kid he had that crank come back around on him and compound fracture his ulna, Doctor set it by pulling on both ends and re-aligning them. No anesthesia.”

That was actually relatively common and came to be known as a “Ford Fracture.”


36 posted on 04/11/2020 7:55:16 PM PDT by Clay Moore (Mega prayers, Rush)
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