Plastics: A New Classification and a Brief Exposition of Plastic Surgery.

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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.