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2 Rana RE, Arora BS. History of plastic surgery in India. J Postgrad Med
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3 The American Society of Plastic Surgeons at
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/about_asps.html
4The Cosmetic Surgery Directory at
https://www.the-cosmetic-surgery-directory.com/glossary_i_q.html
5 The Cosmetic Surgery Directory at
https://www.the-cosmetic-surgery-directory.com/glossary.html
6 Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 102(4):1274-1280, September 1998. Lascaratos, John M.D., Ph.D.; Cohen, Mimis M.D.; Voros, Dionyssios M.D.
7Case 3: Greek Medicine from Galen to Aetius; Exhibition curator: Hugh Cahill.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/library/speccoll/exhibitions/gsci/med2.html
8Plastic Surgery; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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9 Bullivant, Elizabeth. A brief history of plastic surgery. Student BMJ
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10 Wikipedia: Sushrita: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta
11 Wikipedia: Aulus Cornelius Celsus:
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12 Wikipedia: De Medicina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Medicina
13 Wikipedia: Carl Ferdinand von Graefe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ferdinand_von_Graefe
14 Wikipedia: John Peter Mettauer:
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15 American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS): http://www.plasticsurgery.org/
16Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF):
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/about_asps.html
17 Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: http://www.plasreconsurg.com/pt/re/prs/home.htm
18 Wikipedia: Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_implant
19 Columbia News; Columbia University Press March 21, 2005: Pioneering Plastic Surgeon George Crikelair Dies at 84 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/03/georgeCrikelair.html
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