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DAVIS, John Staige (1872 – 1946)

DAVIS, John Staige (1872 – 1946)

1872 – 1946

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1909 CE

#5756.3

A method of splinting skin grafts.

The Davis graft was devised by Halsted but Davis popularized its use.

1919 CE

#5757.4

Plastic surgery: Its principles and practice.

Davis was the first surgeon to limit his work exclusively to plastic surgery. This was the first comprehensive textbook on the subject.