title: Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach: successful use of leeches in plastic surgery in the 1820s.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hage
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Karim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000266:history*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000266:history