Abstract
Our studies of the physical properties (p.p.) of bone have concerned three general questions. (1). How are the p.p. altered by changing the method of testing, storage, and preparation? (2) How may one account for the variations that are noted? (3) How is bone to be classified in the general realm of physical bodies insofar as its mechanical behavior? A complete description of all of our findings and methods is beyond the scope of this presentation, and is presented elsewhere (Sedlin and Hirsch, in press). Some of the findings relative to questions 1 and 2 are noted below. These are based upon compression, bending, and tension tests on more than 500 samples of femoral cortical bone obtained from 20 autopsy subjects. The tests were performed wet, usually at body temperature, on an Instron Tensile Test Machine.
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