The headline in the sports pages reads “Star quarterback (pick a name) is out for the season with a fractured tibia.” Since Aesculapius or some other ancient Greek physician started practicing medicine, the elusive Holy Grail has been to find a superglue for broken bones. Imagine a world where it was no longer necessary to spend months in a smelly, itchy cast, or undergo an operation where plates and screws were needed to hold fractured bones together until they healed.
Well, the fantasy is at hand. “Fracture” is the name of a book in which a young doctor, himself a fracture victim, has discovered the secret to natural healing of broken bones at a rate that exceeds the wildest dreams. Of course, the path is not without risks since an entire industry had been built on conventional methods of fracture treatment. The ensuing tug of war makes for a suspenseful tale.
Well, the fantasy is at hand. “Fracture” is the name of a book in which a young doctor, himself a fracture victim, has discovered the secret to natural healing of broken bones at a rate that exceeds the wildest dreams. Of course, the path is not without risks since an entire industry had been built on conventional methods of fracture treatment. The ensuing tug of war makes for a suspenseful tale.
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