1838 ZEIS, Eduard (1807 – 1868)
Handbuch der plastischen Chirurgie. Nebst einer Vorrede von J.F. Dieffenbach.
In this work Zeis introduced the term “plastic surgery”. The first half of the work covers the general principles of plastic surgery, and the first history of the subject. The second half describes the special operati…
GMN 5743.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6566
1863 ZEIS, Eduard (1807 – 1868)
Die Literatur and Geschichte der plastichen Chirurgie.
A history of plastic surgery and an annotated bibliography of its literature prior to 1860. Nachträge, 1864. Reprint, including Nachträge, Bologna, 1963. The main bibliography has 2008 references, the supplement 275 m…
GMN 5767 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6755
1933 DORRANCE, George Morris (1877 – 1949)
The operative story of cleft palate.
GMN 5768 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6757
1943 HUGHES, Wendell L. (1900 – 1994)
Reconstructive surgery of the eyelids.
Most of this work is a very carefully documented history of the subject. Bibliography of 451 references.
GMN 5768.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6760
1976 –1980 MILLARD, David Ralph Jr. (1919 – 2011)
Cleft craft: The evolution of its surgery. 3 vols.
An encyclopedic monograph on cleft palate surgery, exceptionally well written, illustrated, and produced, incorporating an historical approach.
GMN 5766.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6743
1977 –1981 MCDOWELL, Frank (1911 – 1981)
McDowell series of plastic surgical indexes. 5 vols.
Vol. I: 900 b.c. to a.d. 1863 (Zeis [see No. 5767] translated, with additions and revisions); Vol. II: 1864-1920; Vol. III: 1921-1946; [Vol. IV]: 25-year index of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1946-71; Vol. V: 1…
GMN 5768.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6767
1977 MCDOWELL, Frank (1911 – 1981)
The source book of plastic surgery.
Reprints, translated into English where necessary, of classic papers on plastic surgery, with commentary.
GMN 5768.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7452
1981 KLASEN, Henk J.
History of free skin grafting.
Comprehensive work, with hundreds of bibliographical references. No index.
GMN 5768.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6772
1982 WALLACE, Antony F.
The progress of plastic surgery: An introductory history.
GMN 5768.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6775
1983 GABKA, Joachim; VAUBEL, Ekkehard
Plastic surgery past and present. Origin and history of modern lines of incision.
Well-documented history of current plastic operations using both recent surgical photographs and illustrations from classics in the historical literature. Includes brief biographies of the most important pioneers.
GMN 5768.6 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6778
1985 GONZÁLEZ-ULLOA, Mario (1913 – 1995)
The creation of aesthetic plastic surgery.
Reprints useful papers from Aesthetic plast. Surg., 1976-85. No index.
GMN 5768.7 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6789
1998 GILMAN, Sander L. (1941 – )
Creating beauty to cure the soul: Race and psychology in the shaping of aesthetic surgery.
GMN 9682 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11869
2000 JACOBSON, Nora (1964 – )
Cleavage: Technology, controversy and the ironies of the man-made breast.
GMN 11659 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13860
2004 CONNOR, Steven (1955 – )
The book of skin.
GMN 7109 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9276
2007 SANTONI-RUGIU, Paolo (1928 – 2009); SYKES, Philip J.
A history of plastic surgery.
GMN 11085 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13281
2008 TERZIS, Julia K.
A history of microsurgery.
GMN 10134 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12323
2013 MEIKLE, Murray Clyde (1938 – )
Reconstructing faces: The art and wartime surgery of Gillies, Pickerill, McIndoe and Mowlem.
GMN 11366 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13565
2015 TOLHURST, David
Pioneers in plastic surgery.
GMN 10147 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12336
2017 GILLIES, Sir Harold Delf (1882 – 1960); BAMJI, Andrew
Faces from the front: Harold Gillies, the Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup and the origins of modern plastic surgery.
GMN 11086 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13282
