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Latest Wonder in Plastic Surgery.
DR.. r. Romme. in La Revue. Paris.
Translated and condensed for Pub
lie Opinion.
A Viennese surgeon, M. Gersuny, has
found that in great number of plas-
tic or autoplastic operations excellent
results may be obtained by the use of
paraffine. termed medicinal vaseline.
To raise a nose deformed from birth
or lost in the battles of life, or simply
broken by blow of the fist, is a deli
cate and complicated operation under
the present procedure. 1t is necessary
To make, first. an appropriate nasal
skeleton: then this skeleton. once es-
tablished. with thin piece of bony It's
sue cut from the thickness of the from
tai bone, the question is to cover Il
with skin. When the nose has thus,
with great difficulty, been re-establish-
ed. 1t frequently happens that it does
not remain in place, and the final re-
suit leaves much to be desired from d
plastic point of view at least
M. Gersuny ha1 changed all this, and
in the place of the above minute oper-
ations at which is done now? Under
the skin Of the broken nose which
needs. to be raised. one simply intects
with Pravaz syringe two or three
cubic centimeters of vaseline- paraffine.
first Hquefied by heat the Injected
mass raising the skin of the nose. AS
the paraffine becomes solid at 81 de-
grees-that is TO say the Temperature
of the body-it has only to be fashion
ed during the time IL is cooling under
the skin to give TO the nose any de-
sired form. Noses which are made in
isis way are absolutely perfect.
But what becomes of the yaseline-
paraffine infected under the skin? Ex-
periments made on animals show that
IL is not reabsorbed and that IL remains
In place. And not only is 1t not reab
sorbed, but 1t produces in the neigh
boring tissues an excellent reactive ef
rect There Is formed a web Of con-
hective tissues which unites and ira
verses all the parts Of the Infected
vaseline. When at the end of some time
the animals have been killed. al the
place where the injection was made a
hard BODY similar 10 cartilage is found
a sort OF conJunctive web OF which The
limbs are filled with the parafine
the formation of these particular tis-
sues allows us 10 suppose that the re-
suits obtained by the Gersuny meth a
are durable. perhaps conclusive. Among
the operations made in this way some
were made two years ago, ana the cor
fected deformity has not reappeared
The Gersuny procedure has been utli.
lied for other not less curious cases OF
plastic operations. Thus. an entire Jaw
bone has been formed BY this method
The patient WA a boy whose superior
maKillary on one side bad been cut out
because 81 cancer A. happens Ia
similar cusfa, the wound not being
sustained closed aud contracted. draw
Ing down the lower eyelid and expos.
Ing the eYebail. ~ "a series ~ ~
jeciionH made under the scar hi the
thickness ~ pafaflns. and the eyolid
being pushed % took lfs normal piaee
faffiinf pafafllne renders the same
services Hheu "a IA Injected under tho
mucous membranes. "A child nnIlflea
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