Cases of deformity of various kinds, successfully treated by plastic operations / by Thomas D. Mütter.

  • Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent), 1811-1859.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Cases of deformity of various kinds, successfully treated by plastic operations / by Thomas D. Mütter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    smoothly. This method, it is obvious, is frequently applied to the restoration of other parts, and will answer here ex- ceedingly well in many cases ; but I prefer the one I have reported, as there is less scar, and less risk of sloughing of the flaps. Mr. Liston proposed this operation ten years since, but some give the merit of the principle to Lallemand. The operation reported by myself has been claimed by several, among whom are Dieffenbach, Blasius, Buchanan, and others. I can only say, that I performed it in lS34,and if any surgeon has a prior claim to the merit of its introduc- tion into practice, I am both ready and willing to award to him all the honour that may accrue from its authorship.
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