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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 40-B, Issue 4 | Pages 799 - 803
1 Nov 1958
Hickman J Clarke EGC Jennings AR

1. Radiological and histological observations of the tissue changes resulting from the implantation of various metals in the long bones of dogs are recorded.

2. Of the metals employed, tantalum, Vitallium, alloys "C" and "S" and F.M.B. steel were inert; silver and mild steel were reactive; F.S.T. steel occupied an intermediate position.

3. A correlation has been demonstrated between the anodic back E.M.F., the weight loss due to corrosion and the histological changes produced.