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This landmark text—the first work devoted to plastic surgery and reconstruction—was produced by Gaspare Tagliacozzi, a professor of anatomy and surgery at Bologna. The De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem (“On the surgical…

In this comprehensive manual on the history and practice of reconstructive surgery, Zeis coins the term “plastic surgery” as a specialty. The volume was recently digitized as part of the Medical Heritage Library project.