[The significance of the scientist Prof. Bernhard Heine (1800-1846) for his age, especially for German and French orthopedics].

The professor of Orthopaedics in Würzburg, Bernhard Heine (1800-1846) nephew and successor of Johann Georg Heine (1770-1838) at the Karolinen Institute in Würzburg, is not only of significance for the history of the university in Würzburg and for the development of his subject in the German-speaking area, as has mostly been represented up until now, but he should also be seen as one of the forerunners of international cooperation in the early 19th century! From his contacts to the Académie des sciences in Paris and his two Monthyon prizes, his influence on the technology of orthopaedics, the clinic and bone physiology should be indicated by means of his osteotome.