Word: tagliacozzi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...restoration was attempted as early as 1597 by the Bolognese surgeon Gaspare Tagliacozzi, who grafted attached flaps of the patient's own skin and thus evaded the body's rejection mechanism more than three centuries before this phenomenon was scientifically understood. Such procedures were declared impious and were forbidden. More recent restoration efforts, using metal ear molds or dead cartilage, have produced poor results in many cases, although silicones have been employed successfully...
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