title: [Jean-Louis-Paul Denucé (1824-1889): A forgotten pioneer of plastic surgery].
abstract: The authors propose to define as main characterization of plastic reconstructive surgery the conceptual thinking that leads to a rational choice of an operative treatment. Conceptual thinking in plastic surgery started halfway the nineteenth century with the first schematic representations of the operative procedures available at that time, in which Von Ammon and Baumgarten, Szymanowski and Denucé played a prominent role. These four authors and their works are presented with special attention for the less known of them, Jean-Paul Denucé, surgeon in Bordeaux.
authors.affiliation: De Pôlle 24, 9084 BT, Goutum, Les Pays Bas.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Marck
authors.affiliation: 35, avenue des Pins, 13013 Marseille, France. Electronic address: lafeeoceane@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history*
keywords: Concept formation; Denucé; France; Histoire de la chirurgie plastique; Histoire du XIX(e) siècle; History of the nineteenth century; Naissance des concepts; Plastic surgery history