Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Surgery and diseases of the mouth and jaws.

BLAIR, Vilray Papin (1871 – 1955) plasticsurgery.wustl.edu

St. Louis, MO: C. V. Mosby Co., 1912.

First comprehensive work on maxillofacial surgery. After World War I Blair established the first separate Plastic Surgery Service in the United States at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.

Facet Tags

Surgery & Anesthesia

Subjects

PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY › Cranialfacial Surgery

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#5756.7
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/6672
Author Bio Link	plasticsurgery.wustl.edu ↗
External URL	surgery-and-diseases-of-the-mouth-and-jaws

Geographic Context

Publication place: St. Louis, MO

Mentioned in annotation: Washington, DC