Creator
David Prince
Title
Plastics: A New Classification and a Brief Exposition of Plastic Surgery.
Coverage
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lindsay and Blakiston
Date
1868
Description
David Prince was an American military surgeon who served under General McClellan during the Civil War. Prince, who was very progressive in his ideas, was a strong proponent of antisepsis and the use of ether. His Prince Infirmary treated over three thousand patients a year, and he consequently had considerable experience in burn surgery and cleft palate surgery. In this book, Prince discusses various topics in plastic surgery, with a heavy emphasis and detailed discussions of rhinoplasty and cheiloplasty (lip surgery). Other topics in plastic surgery are reviewed as well.