Lupus exedens; rhinoplastic operation.

Girdlestone, Tharp Mountain (c. 1823-1899).

Journal : Australian Medical Journal ; n. s., vol. viii.

Melbourne : Stillwell and Co., 1886.

Description : 553-555, p. [1 l. pl.] ; ill.: 3 phot., 4 tbls. ; 23 cm.

Photograph : 3 before and after cameo portraits of the subject on one leaf.

Subject : Nose — Lupus; rhinoplastic surgery.

Notes :

• Author caption: By T. M. GIRDLESTONE, F.R.C.S. Eng.
• President, Medical Society of Victoria, 1867.
• Surgeon at Melbourne Hospital, 1883-1887.
• Index Medicus: 21107701810.

Girdlestone invented a suture made of Kangeroo tendon and deployed it in this case.