Subcutaneos hydrocarbon protheses / by F. Strange Kolle.

  • Kolle, Frederick Strange, 1871-1929.
Date:
[1908]
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Credit: Subcutaneos hydrocarbon protheses / by F. Strange Kolle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    all cases, to still further improve them in spite of the fact that a normal appearance has been attained, often leading the op- erator into doing what he should not do, and eventually undoing his own excellent efforts. The author does not mean to imply this as a weakness on the part of the surgeon, but cannot impress too deeply upon him the unreasonable demands of a person insanely bent upon having the alabaster cheek ideal of the poets, the nose of a Ve- nus, the chin of an Apollo, the neck of swan-like form, etc. The patient believes it lies in the power of the cosmetic sur- geon to do with their malformations as a sculptor would model in clay and will insist upon gaining their ideal beyond all reason. Let the author warn the operator against the beauty cranks, especially of those who are just about to engage in great theat- rical ventures, circus performances or acts, and very desir- able marriages. These are patients who are not only difficult to deal with, but the first to harm the hard-earned, well-de- served reputation of the surgeon and to drag him into courts for reimbursement for all kinds of damages, especially backed up by events, losses and sufferings largely imaginable and un- true and ofttimes entirely impossible. In all cosmetic surgery this branch is the most dangerous from that point of view ; therefore the operator should take his case well in hand, proceed with an unshakable determination and give the patient to understand his position, even to explain- ing what disappointments there might be and what dangers, if any, he might look forward to. The author believes it no un- just demand to have an agreement made with the one to be treated in which these matters are fully considered. Such an