After serving an apprenticeship in his uncle Johann G. Heine's famous workshops, Heine combined in his person the skills of the mechanic and the physician, being master of both the file and the knife in equal measure. In 1824 he began to develop the osteotome, which he brought to public attention in 1830. His attempts to regenerate bone through protective treatment of the periosteum had far-reaching implications.

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