Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach: Successful use of leeches in plastic surgery in the 1820s

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-247

  Sawyer, R T ^a  

^a Bryngelen House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decongestion; Dieffenbach; Leeches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACE SURGERY; FOOT SURGERY; GERMANY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEECH; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PHLEBOTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; TISSUE FLAP; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; WOUND;

EID: 0034000086     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3276     Document Type: Article

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