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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1969-12-01
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-f12f13c8f24a40efb68a00f96e5591e52025-08-20T03:06:14ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X1969-12-010202475410.1055/s-0043-1778176Plastic Surgery In Kangra (A leaf from the history of Plastic Surgery in India)S. C. Almast0Department of Plastic Surgery, Hamdard Research Clinic and Nursing Hame and Institute of history of Medicine, Asaf Ali Road, N. DelhiPlastic 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.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778176 |
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