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

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(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

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. 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 (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

metatarsophalangeal The metatarsophalangeal joints (MTP joints), also informally known as toe knuckles, are the joints between the metatarsal bones of the foot and the proximal bones (proximal phalanges) of the toes. They are condyloid joints, meaning that an ellipt ...

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

orthopedics Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

); 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 (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