WWI facial prosthesis.

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The central and peripheral nervous system of a plastinated cadaver.

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Hymenoplasty?

Once lost, virginity can never be replaced — but modern medicine now offers women a near-perfect physical simulation of their lost innocence. Hymenoplasty, the surgical reconstruction of the hymen broken during a women’s first experience of intercourse, or, increasingly, during demanding exercise or as a result of a collision or fall by women who’ve never had sex, has prompted a growing number of young betrothed women in France to make a last-ditch attempt to avoid the humiliation, repudiation, and possibly violence that could result from husbands and families discovering from blood-free bridal sheets that their wedding night had not been their first sexual experience.

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“The operation - a common appendectomy, performed many times throughout history before this day in 1921, becomes an extraordinary event in the little town of Kane. Doctor Evan O’Neill Kane, whose father was the founder of the town, wanted to prove something to the medical world. It was his belief that ether was being used far too often when less dangerous local anesthetics could be used. So he set out to perform an appendectomy using only a local anesthetic. This would not be amazing in itself until the patient is known. The patient was Dr. Kane, the 60-year-old Chief Surgeon of Kane Summit Hospital. He removed his own appendix.

To accomplish this he was propped up on the operating room table with a mirror over his abdomen. Three other doctors looked on, in case of trouble, as he began to make the necessary incision for the removal of the vermiform appendix. In those days this procedure called for a much larger incision than today’s Band-Aid surgery. With his skilled hands he located the inflamed tissue and carefully removed it from his intestine. Assistants then sutured the wound. This was neither Dr. Kane’s first self-surgery, nor his last. In 1919 he amputated one of his own fingers. Then in 1932, at age 70, he performed an operation on himself to correct an inguinal hernia that had bothered him since he was first injured in 1926 while riding horseback. This was the most dangerous of the three operations that he did because of the close proximity to the femoral artery. The suture needle must penetrate within one-eighth of an inch of this important artery.

With nerves of steel he performed flawlessly in the one hour and fifty-five minute operation. Dr. H. M. Cleveland and a team of nurses were there to assist, but only helped during the most trying moments. Dr. Kane was calm and relaxed during the whole operation. He even joked with the nurses as he worked, asking them if they were comfortable. About an hour into the operation the moment of truth arrived. He said, “The risk is here and I must face it,” in a relaxed tone as he prepared to thread the Kangaroo suture under his abdominal muscle and to within millimeters of the important vessels. Everyone held their breath in silence until the crisis had passed. Dr. Cleveland declared the operation a success and Dr. Kane recovered quickly enough to assist in the operating room 36 hours later. Dr. Evan O’Neill Kane was an important part of Kane’s local history.”

Tongue Bifurcation: an unusual plastic surgery

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Huang Chucai poses for a photos before his second tumor operation.

He has one of the largest recorded head tumors, weighing 10kg and covering most of his face. The tumor began developing as a child and has drooped as low as his navel area.

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