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> There is unfortunately nothing special about Fusiwe breaking the arm of his spouse in anger That is not one of the events that put Helena's survival at risk.
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> There is unfortunately nothing special about Fusiwe breaking the arm of his spouse in anger
That is not one of the events that put Helena's survival at risk.
- inglor_cz 2y agoIt absolutely did. A violently broken arm with a stick can result in an open wound where the sharp end of the broken bone sticks out (an open fracture). This, happening in a rainforest with no doctors around, is a recipe for a deadly infection. We don't think about limb fractures per se as being too serious, but this is only true in the context of developed countries of the last 100 years or so. Fusiwe absolutely could have caused a mortal injury to her, even though it wouldn't have been immediately fatal.