Primary publisher abstract: doi.org/10.1002/jbm.820050611 . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 5(6), 117–141 (November 1971). Verified byline: L. L. Hench, R. J. Splinter, W. C. Allen and T. K. Greenlee; initials retained. The abstract compares in-vitro glass-ceramic solubility and interfacial hydroxyapatite crystallization studies with in-vivo rat-femur implant histology and ultrastructure.
Author account: www.technagroup.it/data/image/pdf/Forum_2004/009-023_The_Story_of_Bioglass.pdf . Byline Larry Hench, Imperial College. Printed pp. 9–23 in Lessons in Nanotechnology from Traditional and Advanced Ceramics; first-page copyright 2005. Locators pp. 10–12, implant observations and original collaborators; pp. 13–14, proposed interfacial reaction sequence. The path contains Forum_2004; it is not taken as the publication year.