What caused the long scar on Paulines leg?
Pauline said she suffered from osteomyelitis as a young child, and was confined to bed for an extended period. She said “it turns your bones to chalk.” The Concise Oxford Dictionary says it is an inflammation of the bone marrow. Explaining the scar, she said “it took them two years to drain all the muck out.” Possibly she also suffered from secondary infections. In “Heavenly Creatures” Pauline limped when she ran, and she was excused from PhysEd (gym).
