The Law of Bone Remodelling

Geboren am 16.9.1834 in Quedlinburg; gestorben am 3.6.1910 in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Der Sohn eines Tuchfabrikanten besuchte das Gymnasium in Quedlinburg. Nach dem Studium der Philosophie und Wirtschaftswissenschaften in Berlin und mehreren Bildungsreisen übernahm er das väterliche Geschäft, gab es aber nach finanziellen Verlusten 1869 auf zugunsten der von ihm gegründeten Quedlinburger "Harz-Zeitung". Für seine Teilnahme am Krieg gegen Frankreich 1870/71 als Landwehroffizier vor Toul wurde er ausgezeichnet. 1872 ließ er sich als freier Schriftsteller in Berlin nieder. 1884 wurde er Ehrenbürger von Hameln; 1904 erhielt er den Professorentitel.

I Concept of the Law of Bone Remodelling.- II The Internal Architecture of Normal Bone and Its Mathematical Significance.- 1 Historical.- 2 The Internal Architecture of the Proximal End of the Human Femur.- 3 The Stress Trajectories in Graphic Statics.- 4 Calculations of Culmann for the Crane Similar to a Femur.- 5 Significance of the Internal Architecture of Bone.- 6 Possibility of Predicting Anatomical Features Mathematically.- III Remodelling of the Internal Architecture and External Shape of Bones.- 1 Remodelling of the Internal Architecture of Bones After Pathological Alterations of Their External Shape.- 2 Secondary Modifications of the External Shape of the Bone After Primary Pathological Alterations of This Shape.- 3 Modifications of the Architecture and Shape of Bones After Pathological Alterations of Their Static Stressing.- 4 Modifications in Shape of Bones After Intentional Alterations of Their Static Stressing.- 5 Pathological Bone Specimens and Clinical Observations Demonstrating the Remodelling of the Internal Architecture and External Shape of Bones.- 6 Remodelling of the Internal Architecture and External Shape of Bone by the Trophic Stimulus of Function.- 7 Histological Process of Bone Remodelling.- IV Functional Shape of Bone.- 1 Previous Opinions Concerning the Reasons for the Shape of Bones.- 2 Critical Analysis of the Previous Opinions Concerning the Reasons for the Shape of Bones, Particularly of the "Compression Theory".- 3 Basis of the Theory of the Functional Shape of Bone.- 4 Summary and Conclusion.- V On the Remodelling Force and Its Therapeutic Use.- 1 The Remodelling Force in the Wide Sense of the Word.- 2 The Remodelling Force in a More Restricted Sense of the Word.- 3 The Theory of the Remodelling Force as Opposed to Previous Conceptsfor Getting Rid of Bone Deformities.- 4 Possibility of Predicting Therapeutic Results Mathematically.- Appendix to Chapter II- V: Overall View of the Topics of Bone Theory Predictable Mathematically 87.- VI Consequences Drawn from the Law of Bone Remodelling.- 1 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on Bone Growth.- 2 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on Fracture Healing.- 3 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on Rickets.- 4 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on the Pathogenesis and Development of Deformities.- 5 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling for the Treatment of Deformities.- 6 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on the Other Tissues of the Organism.- Appendix to Section 6: The Structure of Plants and the Question of Its Remodelling.- 7 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on the Metabolism.- 8 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on Inflammation and Regeneration.- 9 The Teleological Concept of Nature in the Law of Bone Remodelling.- 10 The Law of Remodelling and the Theory of Mechanics.- 11 The Law of Remodelling and "Organ Projection".- 12 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on the Theory of Heredity.- References.- Name and Subject Index.