longer than the other, and the bones were also much thicker than in the other.

Fischer also reports several cases of abnormal growth of bone following necrosis.

A case of shortening 3 3/4 cm., after a fracture, was reduced to one cm.
by compensatory growth.

Elongation of the bone is also mentioned as the result of the inflammation of the joint.

Warren also quotes Taylor's case of a lady who fell, injuring, but not fracturing, the thigh.
Gradual enlargement, with an outward curving of the bone, afterward took place..