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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Autoplastie, ou restauration des parties du corps, qui ont été détruites, à la faveur d’un emprunt fait à d’autres parties plus ou mains éloigneés.

Publication Details

Paris: Urtubie, 1836 CE.

The first treatise on plastic surgery in general, criticised by Zeis (No. 5743.4) for its bias against the achievements of German surgeons. This is the first commerical edition. The work was published slightly earlier as a thesis with title, De l’autoplastie. Thèse présentée et soutenue…pour une chaire de clinique chirurgicale, Paris, Urtubie, 1836.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#5743.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6555
External URLautoplastie-ou-restauration-des-parties-du-corps-qui-ont-t-dtruites-la-faveur-dun-emprunt-fait-dautres-parties-plus-ou-mains-loignes

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris