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== [[Literature]] ==

* Healing effects that mend broken bones may cause the bones to knit together and regrow before the fracture has been properly set, leading to pain and deformity. This happened to a character in one of Anne McCaffrey's ''Acorna'' books, among others.

** Used in ''[[~~Bioshock~~]]''-- one audio diary mentions that when experimenting with Little Sisters, often a broken bone had to be broken and reset as many as ''dozens'' of times before the doctors got it right. The [[Blessed with Suck]] part is that Little Sisters can still feel pain.

** Used in ''[[BioShock (series)]]''-- one audio diary mentions that when experimenting with Little Sisters, often a broken bone had to be broken and reset as many as ''dozens'' of times before the doctors got it right. The [[Blessed with Suck]] part is that Little Sisters can still feel pain.

** ''[[The Sundering]]'' presents a character who'd previously been healed this way, and, as a combined preparation for war and punishment for disobeying [[Evil Overlord|his master]], has the bones of his right arm magically restored to normal so he can wield a sword. Unfortunately for him, the original breaks must all be recreated before the damage can be repaired.

** Magicians in ''[[The Black Magician Trilogy]]'' 'verse heal their wounds automatically when unconscious. As above, this can lead to bones healing in warped and deformed ways, which requires re-breaking and resetting by a properly trained healer.