Equipment for One of Tagliacozzi's Rhinoplasty Methods

Some equipment needed for Gaspare Tagliacozzi's method of growing a replacement nose from arm skin. These support bandages hold the arm in place while the new nose grows from the arm skin. Gaspare Tagliacozzi (1547-1599) was an Italian plastic surgeon. Although reconstructive surgery had been practiced for years, with documented procedures in ancient India, Tagliacozzi popularized the field of plastic surgery, and particularly rhinoplasty, in the 16th century. His book on plastic surgery, in which this illustration appears, is called De Curtorum Chirurgia Per Institionem (1597)

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1500s Aesthetic Bandage Chirurgia Clinical Cosmetic Curtorum Esthetic Gaspare Gasparo Institionem Method Operative Procedure Reconstructive Rhinoplasty Surgery Surgical Tagliacozzi

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