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How do broken bones heal?

Made Popular: Jul 10, 2008 - Unfortunately for him, Humpty Dumpty was not blessed with the human skeletal system. What can your skeleton do that all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't do?

The human body possesses amazing healing powers that enable it to bounce back from a vast array of illnesses and injuries. Sometimes broken bones can heal so thoroughly within a few months that even an x-ray can't…

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