title: The early days of nasal reconstruction.
abstract: Most healthcare professionals, if asked, would say that plastic and reconstructive surgery is a recent phenomenon. So most of it is, but, rather surprisingly, the story of replacing the absent nose goes back for many centuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of London, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 1UL.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*