Abstract

The attitude of the public and members of the medical profession has recently been undergoing a change with regard to corrective rhinoplasty. There was a time when this branch of work was more or less shunned by reputable surgeons except in cases of extreme deformity and the work was done mainly by those who, to put it mildly, were beyond the pale of the medical societies. To have the shape of one's nose altered was considered even by the public as an admission of inferiority and consequently something to be accomplished furtively. The development of plastic surgery which took place during the war seems to have interested the medical profession, as a result of which more and more surgeons have given attention to this branch of work, so that the literature is showing an increasing number of papers on this subject. Undoubtedly the demand on the part of

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