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On an operation for the cure of natural fissure of the soft palate.

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Amer. J. med. Sci., 3, 1-3. 1828 CE.

Operation in May 1824 – the first staphylorraphy in America – performed without direct knowledge of Roux’s operations. Nathan Smith (1762-1829) published an earlier paper on staphylorrhaphy in America: Am. med. Rev., 1826, 3, 396.

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