It's rather common among Muggles, yes. No offence intended to Matron or your grandmother, what, but on the whole it does seem that Muggle medicine has a better grasp of this sort of thing.

Then again, it was Muggle doctors who thought I had some unheard of ailment, when it was merely magical ability. And come to think of it, Muggles can't do things like regrow bones or heal broken ones in half a second, what! So perhaps they each have advantages and drawbacks.

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