Symposium on ‘Adaptations of cells and tissues to mechanical stimuli’ or ‘Roux revisited’ held during the Joint Meeting of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Anatomical Society of Southern Africa and the Nederlandse Anatomen Vereniging, April 15–18 1998, Rolduc, The Netherlands

In 1895, well over 100 years ago, Willem Roux published his collected works on the developmental mechanics of organisms in 2 volumes. Volume 1 is largely dedicated to functional adaptation and is a condensation of his investigations into causes of the size and shape of organs and tissues, postulating the influence of functional demand, mediated by mechanical stimuli, on the shaping of organs and tissues. In this classic work he contributed to the understanding of the control of the structural development and organisation of blood vessels, muscles and bone. This work has been a source of inspir... Mehr ...