PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERY [Illustration: “FATHER OF PLASTIC SURGERY.”] PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERY BY FREDERICK STRANGE KOLLE, M.D. FELLOW OF NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE; MEMBER OF DEUTSCHE MEDEZINISCHE GESELLSCHAFT, N. Y., KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL ALUMNI SOCIETY, AUTHORS’ COMMITTEE AMERICAN HEALTH LEAGUE, PHYSICIANS’ LEGISLATURE LEAGUE ETC.; AUTHOR OF “THE X-RAYS: THEIR PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION,” “MEDICO-SURGICAL RADIOGRAPHY,” “SUBCUTANEOUS HYDROCARBON PROTHESES,” ETC. _WITH ONE COLORED PLATE AND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT_ [Illustration] 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. The author feels, from the numerous inquiries made him by physicians from many parts of the world concerning methods herein described, that there is now an actual need for an authoritative work on this subject. Great care has been taken to select the best matter and to present it with comprehensive illustrations every physician can readily and confidently refer to. Skin-grafting has been particularly gone into, as well as electrolysis as applied to dermatology, with information as to the construction and scientific use of apparatus involved. To the whole has been added the practical experience and criticism of the author, who has devoted many years to the scientific and faithful advancement of this specialty. FREDERICK STRANGE KOLLE. 12 EAST THIRTY-FIRST STREET, NEW YORK CITY. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I