Carl Hueter (27 November 1838 – 12 May 1882) was a German

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born in

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. He was the son of

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Karl Christoph Hueter (1803–1857). In 1854 began his medical studies in Marburg at the age of 16. Following the state examination in

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(1858), he continued his education in

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, England and

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. In Paris (1861–1863) he performed research of human joint anatomy. In 1865 he became an assistant to

Bernhard von Langenbeck Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck (9 November 181029 September 1887) was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of '' Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery''. Early life and education He was born at Pading ...

(1810–1887) in Berlin, and in 1868 succeeded surgeon

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(1824–1876) at the

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. In 1870 he was appointed professor of surgery at the

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, where in 1877 he was named university rector. Hueter was the author of a highly regarded work on

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, (1870), and with

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surgeon

Georg Albert Lücke Georg Albert Lücke (4 June 1829 – 20 February 1894) was a German surgeon born in Magdeburg. He studied medicine at the Universities of University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, University of Göttingen, Göttingen and University of Halle, Hal ...

(1829–1894), he was co-founder of the journal . With

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(1830–1889), the "Hueter–Volkmann Law" is named, which is an

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rule regarding bone growth which states "that compression forces inhibit growth and tensile forces stimulate growth". Hueter is credited with coining the term "

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" in 1871 to define lateral deviation of the

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at the

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articulation.
Lexicon of Orthopaedic Etymology by Mohammad Diab

Selected publications

* ''Klinik der Gelenkkrankheiten mit Einschluss der Orthopädie. Auf anatomisch-physiologischen Grundlagen nach klinischen Beobachtungen für Ärzte und Studierende bearbeitet'' (Clinic of joint diseases including

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); 2 volumes (1870) * ''Die allgemeine Chirurgie, eine Einleitung in das Studium der chirurgischen Wissenschaften'' (1873) * ''Grundriss der Chirurgie'' (Outline of surgery); 2 volumes (1881), later revision and editions by

Hermann Lossen Hermann Friedrich Lossen (7 November 1842 – 27 August 1909) was a German surgeon born in Emmershäuser Hütte, Hesse. He studied under Carl von Voit (Munich), Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (Würzburg), Bernhard von Langenbeck (Berlin) ...

(1842–1909). * ''Über das Panaritium. seine Folgen und seine Behandlung'' (On panaritium, its consequences and treatments) In: Sammlung klinischer Vorträge (collection of clinical lectures), edited by

. * ''Über die chirurgische Behandlung des Wundfiebers bei Schusswunden'' (On surgical treatment of "wound fever" accompanied with

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s) In: Sammlung klinischer Vorträge, edited by Richard von Volkmann.

References

* ''Parts of this article are based on a translation of the equivalent article from the German Wikipedia.''

translated biography at Pagel: Biographical Dictionary {{DEFAULTSORT:Hueter, Carl 1838 births 1882 deaths People from Marburg People from the Electorate of Hesse German Protestants German Progress Party politicians Members of the 5th Reichstag of the German Empire German surgeons Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of the University of Rostock German military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War