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Saint Louis, Missouri: The C. V. Mosby Company, 1976. Near Fine condition. This copy is from the library of Thomas D. Rees, M.D. with his signature on the front pastedown endpaper. See below for more about Dr. Rees. Cover is in Near Fine condition -- only lightly rubbed. Internal condition is FINE. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. "With 960 illustrations." Edited by Paul Tessier; Alston Callahan; John C. Mustarde; and Kenneth E. Salyer. Bound in the original tan cloth, with bright gold lettering over red panels on the spine and front cover. From his New York Times obituary: "Dr. Thomas D. Rees, an innovative New York plastic surgeon who helped found the Flying Doctors Service of East Africa, a charity that employs a fleet of small planes to provide medical care and save lives deep in the African bush, died on Nov. 14 at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 86Â… New York magazine once referred to Dr. Rees as 'one of the fathers of aesthetic surgery in New York,' and he is credited with helping to elevate cosmetic surgery from something one did not really discuss to almost a status symbolÂ…" From the American Association of Plastic Surgeons website: "Dr. Thomas D. Rees, 86, a giant in our great specialty of plastic surgery, died in the early evening of November 14, 2013 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His legacy will live on in the countless number of surgeons and patients he helped by sharing his knowledge and experience, and equally important to him, Flying Doctors of East Africa and the African Medical Research Foundation, which he founded along with Sir Archibald McIndoe and Dr. Michael Wood. Dr. Rees trained in general surgery and plastic surgery at Genesee Hospital in Rochester, New York followed by New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center on New York's Upper East Side. Upon finishing his plastic surgery residency, Dr. Rees was granted a Marks Plastic Surgery Fellowship at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex England under the tutelage of Sir Archibald McIndoeÂ… Dr. Rees was the Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital from 1975 to 1992. Under Dr. Rees' direction, the MEETH Plastic Surgery Department and Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship, which he began, became one of the leading aesthetic surgery services in the world. Dr. Rees was Professor of Plastic Surgery at New York University and an Attending Surgeon at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University. He was President of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and a former Director and Vice Chairman of the American Board of Plastic Surgery." Subtitle: "Proceedings of the Symposium of the Educational Foundation of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Inc. Held at Dallas, Texas, March 18-20, 1974." Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. This large, very heavy book will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Near Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xiii, 480pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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