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plastic surgery and to-day it forms a very definite branch of its own.
The principles of surgery are exactly the same in every branch, and that is why any surgeon who wishes to specialize in any particular branch should have a sound grounding in general surgery first.
The first volume deals with the surgery of trauma and the treatment of congenital defects. A very full description is given of the use of flaps and the closure of the wound. Post-operative management is discussed in detail and the removal of sutures is considered in a practical manner.
The various forms of skin-grafting are well described and illustrated and the different types of scar tissue are considered and appropriate treatment advised.
Volume 11 is devoted to a detailed description of the various forms of plastic operations on the abdomen, breast, cheek, ears, face, jaws, and lips.
These two large volumes give the reader a comprehensive account of plastic surgery as practised in America.
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