492, 493.—Kolle plaster cast of lobule operation 464 494, 495.—Gensoul method of correcting broad nasal base 465 496, 497.—Kolle method of correction of broad nasal base 465 498, 499.—Linhardt method of reduction of thickened alæ 466 500, 501.—Dieffenbach method of reduction of thickened nose 467 ELECTROLYSIS IN DERMATOLOGY 502.—Electric wet cell 470 503.—Series connection of cells 472 504.—Shunt rheostat connection 473 505.—Cell selector 474 506.—Cell selector and battery connection 474 507.—Milliampèremeter 475 508.—Direct current wall plate 475 509.—Wall-plate connections 475 510 _a_.—Portable wet cell apparatus 476 510 _b_.—Portable dry cell apparatus 477 511.—Sponge electrode 478 512.—Arm electrode 478 513, 514.—Electrolytic needle holders 479 515.—Interrupting current needle holder 479 516.—Needle holder with magnifying glass 479 517.—Epilating forceps 481 518.—Electrolysis method for destroying growths 483 519.—Multiple needle electrode 484 520.—Kolle electric apparatus for tattooing scars 487 CASE RECORDING METHODS 521.—Nose stencil 492 522.—Method of making nose plaster cast 494 PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERY CHAPTER I HISTORICAL It seems almost incredible that at this late day so little is generally known to the surgical profession of the beautiful and practical, not to say grateful, art of plastic or restorative surgery, successfully practiced even by the ancients. The progress of the art has been much interrupted. It is only the later methods of antisepsis, which have so greatly added to general surgery, that have placed it firmly upon the basis of a distinct and separate art in surgical science.