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Can these bones live?
SOCIETY NEWS--MISCELLANEOUS
Book Review Edited by
AR BROWNLIE
CAN THESE BONES LIVE?
Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual of the Human Skeleton: 2nd Ed. William M Bass (Missouri Archaeological Society, Columbia, 1982, pp., $9.00) This book contains detailed descriptions of all 206 bones of the human body. The descriptions are well illustrated by pen drawings. The book contains a full analysis of methods of determining stature and sex from individual bones. This will undoubtedly be of value to the forensic pathologist. However, there is no mention whatever of joints and the failure to mention the cartilaginous joints of the hyoid bone is hard to justify. The major criticism of this book is that although it describes itself as a Laboratory and Field Manual, the binding is extremely shoddy and this reviewer's copy disintegrated on first opening. WA HARLAND
TWO WHEELS
A Million Miles Ago Neale Shilton (HayneslFoulis, Yeovil, 1982, 300pp., £10.95) One man's inside view of the years from the end of WW2 until the early Seventies; a span that saw the British motorcycle industry collapse and die in a way that makes the lemming look a master of self preservation. The thread running through the book is Shilton's involvement with the inception and development of the specialist police bike at, in turn, Triumph, Norton and BMW. The Triumph Saint and Norton Interpol were good, serviceable motorcycles that did their job and satisfied the police authorities that bought them. The manufacturers simply lost interest and surrendered the market with little fight. Of special interest to vehicle examiners will be the chapter on the well known (in motorcycling circles) Sussex Police BMW crash in 1977. An accident to a police officer travelling (for no apparent reason) at 80 mph in a 234
Book Review Edited by
AR BROWNLIE
CAN THESE BONES LIVE?
Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual of the Human Skeleton: 2nd Ed. William M Bass (Missouri Archaeological Society, Columbia, 1982, pp., $9.00) This book contains detailed descriptions of all 206 bones of the human body. The descriptions are well illustrated by pen drawings. The book contains a full analysis of methods of determining stature and sex from individual bones. This will undoubtedly be of value to the forensic pathologist. However, there is no mention whatever of joints and the failure to mention the cartilaginous joints of the hyoid bone is hard to justify. The major criticism of this book is that although it describes itself as a Laboratory and Field Manual, the binding is extremely shoddy and this reviewer's copy disintegrated on first opening. WA HARLAND
TWO WHEELS
A Million Miles Ago Neale Shilton (HayneslFoulis, Yeovil, 1982, 300pp., £10.95) One man's inside view of the years from the end of WW2 until the early Seventies; a span that saw the British motorcycle industry collapse and die in a way that makes the lemming look a master of self preservation. The thread running through the book is Shilton's involvement with the inception and development of the specialist police bike at, in turn, Triumph, Norton and BMW. The Triumph Saint and Norton Interpol were good, serviceable motorcycles that did their job and satisfied the police authorities that bought them. The manufacturers simply lost interest and surrendered the market with little fight. Of special interest to vehicle examiners will be the chapter on the well known (in motorcycling circles) Sussex Police BMW crash in 1977. An accident to a police officer travelling (for no apparent reason) at 80 mph in a 234