Ad multos annos! Meeting with an anatomist in 1986 as an orthopedist

Abstract

I contacted Jürgen Koebke, who was the Chief of the Study Group of Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics in the anatomical institute of the university that I worked, during the preparation period of my professorship thesis entitled as “patellar Subluxation in Rabbits”. He helped me to complete my work successfully by directing, correcting and supporting me, “the surgeon”, in a great devotion. Through this association, both a scientific cooperation and a personal friendship were born. Together with postgraduates, we scientifically worked on researches finding answers on macroscopic sense to the questions about the reasons of various orthopedic problems. In the meantime, his humble personality and highly appreciated scientific capacity was regarded by the postgraduates as well. Surgical courses must also be emphasized, during which countless young doctors from various disciplines learned their first private initiatives through the use of extraordinary anatomical preparations. 

Keywords

• Ad multos
• orthopedist
• anatomist