At a laboratory in Bozeman, scientists inspected the broken thighbone before anyone had a chance to apply preserving chemicals, which would have contaminated the specimen.

Capony had not been able to walk since she turned 100, after having an operation in order to fix a broken thighbone, but she still remained in fairly good health considering her very advanced age.

And the injury turned out to be a badly broken thighbone.

Pope John Paul II celebrated his 74th birthday in hospital Wednesday at the Gemelli clinic, where he has spent three weeks recovering from surgery for a broken thighbone.

He had been taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx after suffering a broken thighbone in a foster home.

Van Gogh's mother, Anna van Gogh, was healing from a broken thighbone.

Collins continued to skipper Leeds until 1966, when he suffered a horrific broken thighbone in a Fairs Cup tie against Torino.

Have you looked at the man with the broken thighbone yet?

Now I stared at two ends of a broken thighbone while my life's blood jetted out with each pulse.

He heard a cracking sound and, opening his eyes once more, saw that on the other side of the empty bear stomach, Garzhvog was cleaning his teeth with the pointed end of a broken thighbone.