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6. Wonder what the bone pin was used for.

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 09:27 AM

Feb 2022

Were they actually using these things 3000 years ago for fractured limbs?

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Created 5,000 years ago and still beautiful nuxvomica Feb 2022 #2

I will be lucky if my artwork lasts more than a day after I'm gone Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #3

I'm burying a copy of my novel in the English countryside nuxvomica Feb 2022 #4

That was my thought too. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #5

Wonder what the bone pin was used for. KS Toronado Feb 2022 #6

They weren't medical devices. ChazInAz Feb 2022 #7

Sounds like you have first hand knowledge KS Toronado Feb 2022 #9

Baby sister was the pokee. ChazInAz Feb 2022 #12

Where did you that that idea? left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #10

Bone pins are used today to repair broken/fractured limbs KS Toronado Feb 2022 #11