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Unhealed Fracture
Site: St. John's, Timberhill (part of Castle Mall), Norwich
Period: Late Saxon to post-medieval.
Excavator: Norfolk Archaeological Unit.
Published: forthcoming.
Skeleton: male in middle age.
Catalogue entry: Fracture of left ulna across the olecranon with non-fusion and pseudarthrosis (false joint). This type of fracture is usually caused by direct violence, or a fall on the elbow with the forearm flexed, or occasionally by muscular action in sudden contraction of the triceps. The fractured part may be considerably displaced, as here, causing non-union.