AUTOPLASTIE:
ou restauration des parties du corps qui ont ete detruites, a la faveur d'un emprunt fait a d'autres parties plus ou moins eloignees. [Text in French]. Pp. 268, 2 printed folding leaves at front, index; qr. calf, rebacked with later spine, lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, edges lightly worn, the corner tips neatly repaired; marbled edges, later endpapers and binder's blanks; minor production (trimming) to bottom edge of three leaves (pp. 143/4, 241/2 & 245/6), a few spots of foxing and occasional faint soiling; Germer Bailliere, Paris, 1836. First edition in book form. Wellcome II, p. 177. *The first general treatise on plastic surgery, originally published as a thesis earlier in the same year (De l'autoplastie: these presentee et soutenue le 19 Fevrier 1836: au concours pour une chaire de clinique chirurgicale vacante a la Faculte de Medecine de Paris). Philippe Frederic Blandin (1798-1849) is credited with coining the term autoplasty to describe skin taken from the same patient for grafting purposes. He is remembered today for his pioneer work in rhinoplasty and septoplasty. Item #148438
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