A Closer Look at the Mystery Woman's Femurs
- Misaligned, healed fracture of the right femur. Image courtesy: Smithsonian Institution
The severe overriding fracture in the midshaft of the bone made her right leg shorter than the left.
A large draining sinus formed in the bone after the break and persisted throughout the rest of her life.
The injury would have occasionally kept her in bed.
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