Artery Flaps. With 408 Plates / and an Enumeration of the Publications of J.F.S. Esser. Besides a description of a futur international Institut for structiv surgery.

2nd reprint. - Antwerpen, Editior: de Vos-van Kleef, 1932, Folio, 152 pp., mit 408 Abbildugen, Halbledereinband d.Zt.; Einband beschabt. Deriving from the Esser estate. Preface to the "Second Reprint": Some descriptions of the operations are enlarged or more developped in order to make them clearer. Most of the plates, which were at the end of the book at a great distance from their descriptions are placed quite near or opposite them. Besides we produced a schematical drawing on page 8 for showing the situation of most of the arteries, veins and news, which are described." Monaco, 1932 / J. F. S. ESSER, ELI ESSER. Content: General Observations and Technique. A. Temporal Artery Flaps. General Observations and Technique. A) Main Artery (Art Temp, Parietalis) Special Technique. Cases: Chin, Cheek and Underlip; Upper Lip; Eyebrows And Eyelashes; Complex. B) Ramus Anterior Artery Special Technique. Cases. B. Occipital Artery Flaps. C. Frontal Artery Flaps. General Observations and Technique. Cases: Nose; Eyelids; Complex. D. Eyelid Artery Flaps. E. Angular Artery Flaps. General Observations and Technique. Cases: A) Regular Cases : Chin and Underlip; Upper Lip; Inner Mouth. B) Upper Pedicled: Nose; Complex; Under Eyelid. F. Other Artery Flaps. Enumeration of Author's Publications. Description of futur Institute for Structive Surgery. Preface of the First Print: "Though I wrote this book in german language in 1924, in which language it is not yet printed, I waited before publishing it in english, till 1 could judge the results of my method of artery flaps after having introduced it, many years before in 1915, together with my methods (i the epithelial inlay " and " the rotation of the cheek ". My experience in it was large. In the beginning of the great war, as no official specialists in structive or plastic surgery existed, I had to do all the general surgery as I was nearly during a year chief surgeon of the hospital at Brunn in Austria with 3600 beds, which was perhaps the largest of the world. Afterwards in Vienna, Budapest and Berlin I worked as a specialist being consulting surgeon for plastic work of the war ministeries of Austria and Germany and I performed over 10.000 plastic operations using a great number of my " artery flaps " so that I dare declare that this method has greatly proved its value. I believe this method is at least as important as my epithelial inlay which latter the American press seemed to estimate as one of the most interesting results of plastic surgery in the war. Once presenting my " artery flap " theory and some cases in the medical association at Berlin, Prof. Virchow came to me to shake hands with me and praise the scientifical biological and specially anatomical base of my plastic work. I will thankfully commemorate here the great help I obtained from the well known surgeons Bier, Borchardt, Hochenegg, the occulists Krückmann and Morax, the rhinologist Onodi and the dentist Schroeder, who gave me the possibility to gain such immense experience special in " the artery flaps ". Especially Bier, Krückmann and Schroeder, who called me to Berlin, paying me a salary at their own expense, till I got my nomination as "fachärztlicher Beirat" (consulting specialist of the ministery of war of Berlin) giving me a large number of the beds at their clinics. The great Bier took great interest in my work and my "artery flaps", even often assisting at my operations and consulting me. He taught me important views in biological problems in our many conversations. He offered me to establish an Institute for plastic surgery in his clinic, but 1 could not accept this great honour as I intended to found an independant international Institute. I owe to him the enlargement of my views; he made it possible, that I got afterwards the honouring invitation oft he well kwown editor Vogel of Leipzig to write a book for him and also of the biologist Abderhalden to write a work .…