Pioneers in plastic surgery /

Pioneers in plastic surgery /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tolhurst, David, author.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Subject:	Plastic surgeons -- Biography. Plastic surgeons. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century. Biography.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095892

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ISBN:	9783319195391 3319195395 3319195387 9783319195384 9783319195384
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes index. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	This book is a collection of short accounts of the lives and works of surgeons who began to use techniques in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that were to form the basis of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery and give rise to the specialty of plastic surgery. Descriptions of the intricate and novel surgical operations undertaken by these pioneers are included, but the emphasis is above all on stories of widely varying and fascinating characters, from the strange or eccentric, such as Hippolyte Morestin, to the serious or ambitious and a few, such as the Dutchman Johannes Esser and the legendary Sir Harold Gillies, who were accomplished in other fields, including business, sport, and art. It is related how the two World Wars played a key role in the development of new techniques, and how the endeavors of the pioneers were sometimes rejected by obstructive or abusive colleagues, impacting on careers and reputations. Pioneers in Plastic Surgery will appeal to all with an interest in the history of the discipline and the figures who shaped its birth and growth.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319195384
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-19539-1

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
LIST OF PIONEERS
19TH CENTURY SURGEONS
Short review of main developments
Abbe
Bier
Diefffenbach
Fergusson
Joseph
Lanz
Lexer
Morestin
20th CENTURY SURGEONS
Short review of main developments
Blair
Burian
Esser
Gillies
Kilner
Mowlem
McIndoe
Sanvenero
Staige
Davis.