NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1911
Copyright, 1911, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
PRINTED AT THE APPLETON PRESS,
NEW YORK, U. S. A.
TO
ALPHONZO BENJAMIN BOWERS
WHO KINDLED THE FIRE OF MY AMBITION
AND KEPT IT BURNING BY
HIS INTEREST AND UNTIRING APPRECIATION
THIS WORK IS
WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE
INSCRIBED
PREFACE
The object of the author has been to place before the profession a thoroughly practical and concise treatise on plastic and cosmetic surgery. The importance of this branch of practice is at the present time undeniable, yet the literature on this subject is widely scattered and scanty. It consists mostly of small, detached papers or reports in different countries, with an occasional reference in text-books on general surgery.