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An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring A Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead Leather - 1981

by J. C. Carpue

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  • Hardcover

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Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library , 1981. Leather. Near Fine. 11" by 8.5". Not Stated. A wonderfully bound Special Edition of this record of medical history, with illustrations throughout. A 1981 special edition of An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring A Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead, privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library.This is an account of two successful operations for restoring a lost nose from the integuments of the forehead and represents the beginning of modern plastic surgery. Joseph Constantine Carpue was an English skilled surgeon who is known for performing the first rhinoplastic surgery in England.Illustrated with two diagrams of the surgery and other illustrations throughout the text.Collated, complete.With a foreword and biography by Frank McDowell.With a pamphlet of Landmarks in Surgical Progress, Joseph Constantine Carpue and the Revival of Rhinoplasty, a reprint from International Abstract of Surgery, October, 1930. In full decorative calf binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine
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