Tagliacozzi, Gaspare, 1545-1599. De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem, 1599.Typ 525.97.820Houghton L
Tagliacozzi, Gaspare, 1545-1599. De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem, 1599.Typ 525.97.820Houghton Library, Harvard University16th century surgeon Gaspare Tagliacozzi was particularly known for his skill in the method of reconstructing an amputated nose by grafting a flap of skin from the patient’s arm. The patient would have to spend three weeks with the arm immobilized in this position for the graft to take. -- source link
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