Plastic Surgery In Kangra (A leaf from the history of Plastic Surgery in India)
Plastic surgical operations for cut and deformed noses and torn ears had been practised at Kangra for over 500 years by a family of nose-surgeons locally called Kanghairas. Hakim Dina Nath is the last surviving descendant of the faimily who himself performed these operations till 1937. This paper is...
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| Μορφή: | Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
1969-12-01
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| Σειρά: | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778176 |
| Περίληψη: | Plastic surgical operations for cut and deformed noses and torn ears had been practised at Kangra for over 500 years by a family of nose-surgeons locally called Kanghairas. Hakim Dina Nath is the last surviving descendant of the faimily who himself performed these operations till 1937. This paper is a report of the “on the spot” inquiry conducted by the author to verify the facts for himself. |
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| ISSN: | 0970-0358 1998-376X |