V-Help me I don't know what he's talking about

[Andrew Dinn]

Wolfe, Skip writes:

> According to Dorland's Medical Dictionary, a "tagliacotian rhinoplasty" is 
> "the reconstruction of a nose by a flap of skin taken from the arm, the flap 
> remaining attached to the arm until union has taken place; called also 
> Italian or tagliacotian operation."  Sounds like fun!  As to the man 
> himself, Dorland's arch rival, Stedman's Medical Dictionary sez only, 
> "Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon, 1546-1599," and describes the 
> operation much as Dorland did.  No illustrations, unfortunately, in either 
> one.

> Maybe he was the first, or one of the first, plastic surgeons, prompting the 
> comments about Schoenmaker being a conservative.

When I was young I had a `Boy's Book of Facts' which included
reference to this technique as the first example of plastic surgery.
It included a diagram of a man with his nose bound to his arm.
Apparently, the replacement noses often dropped off within a short
space of time.



Andrew Dinn
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