Title Pioneers in plastic surgery / David Tolhurst

Published Cham : Springer, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource 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 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 Notes Includes index Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Plastic surgeons -- Biography Surgeons Popular medicine & health. History of medicine. Plastic & reconstructive surgery. MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General. MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Plastic & Cosmetic. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical. Plastic surgeons Genre/Form Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9783319195391 3319195395 3319195387 9783319195384 9783319195407 3319195409 9783319368542 3319368540

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