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Hippolyte Morestin (1 September 1869 – 12 February 1919) was a French surgeon, and associate professor of anatomy at the Harold Gillies
. The New Zealand Edge Morestin died from a pulmonary illness during the influenza epidemic of 1918–1919.
Chirurgie générale des articulations
Paris: Doin (1907) * * * *
Hippolyte Morestin (1 September 1869 – 12 February 1919) was a French surgeon, and associate professor of anatomy at the University of Paris
The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...
. He was one of the founders of cosmetic surgery. He was dubbed "The Father of the Mouths" after his breakthroughs in oral and maxillofacial surgery
Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is a surgical specialty focusing on reconstructive surgery of the face, facial trauma surgery, the Human mouth, mouth, Human head, head and neck, and jaws, as well as facial plastic surgery including clef ...
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Morestin was born at Basse-Pointe
Basse-Pointe (; ) is a town and Communes of France, commune in the France, French overseas department of France, overseas department and region, and island of Martinique.
Geography Climate
Basse-Pointe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen c ...
, a commune in the French overseas department
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of Martinique
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. His father Charles Amédée Morestin (d. 1902) was a prominent doctor who influenced both Hippolyte and his younger brother Amédée to study medicine. Both Hippolyte and Amédée dedicated their doctoral theses, defended in Paris in 1894 and 1912, respectively, to their father, and the work of Amédée used observations by Hippolyte.
Morestin greatly influenced the British-New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies, who met him on leave in Paris during the First World War. Gillies was attached to the British General Hospital in Rouen. Morestin, when Gillies was observing him, removed a tumor from a patient's face, and essentially " grafted" skin by cutting and rolling it from the patient's jaw onto the wound to allow the skin to regrow.. The New Zealand Edge Morestin died from a pulmonary illness during the influenza epidemic of 1918–1919.
Works
From 1892 and until his death in 1919 Morestin has published more than 600 scientific works including the following * *Chirurgie générale des articulations
Paris: Doin (1907) * * * *
References
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