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This Classic Article is a reprint of the original work by J. Wolff, On the Significance of the Architecture of the Spongy Substance for the Question of Bone Growth. An accompanying biographical sketch of Georg Hermann von Meyer and his relationship with Dr. Wolff is available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-011-2040-6. The Classic Article is ©1869 and is reprinted from Wolff J. On the significance of the architecture of the spongy substance for the question of bone growth [Ueber die Bedeutung der Architectur der Spongiösen Sunstanz für de Frage Vom Knochenwachsthu. Vorläufge Mettheilung]. Centralblatt für die meichinschen Wissenschaften. 1869;54:849–851.
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Editor’s Note. This translation was initially performed by Dr. Per K. Amundson, with modifications by Drs. John Skedros and Richard Brand. We took substantial license in condensing some of the cumbersome sentence structure and in using more contemporary terms. Some statements appeared ambiguous and we necessarily interpreted the meanings, hopefully capturing Wolff’s intent.
Richard A. Brand MD (✉) Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA e-mail: dick.brand@clinorthop.org
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Wolff, J. The Classic: On the Significance of the Architecture of the Spongy Substance for the Question of Bone Growth: A preliminary publication. Clin Orthop Relat Res 469, 3077–3078 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2041-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2041-5