A critical comparison of Davis' Principles of Plastic Surgery with Gillies' Plastic Surgery of the face  M. Felix Freshwater  Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery  Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 17-26 (January 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.009 Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Davis' depiction of his modification of Tansini's musculocutaneous flap. In the legend he noted that he did not include muscles as had Tansini. In the text Davis wrote ‘… plastic operations are not desirable in covering defects left by the radical operation for carcinoma of the breast’ (Davis JS. p. 625). Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2011 64, 17-26DOI: (10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.009) Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Cartoon drawn by Gillies on the first free endpaper of the copy of his book that he gave to Jerome Webster in 1944 (Courtesy Webster Library, Columbia University). Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2011 64, 17-26DOI: (10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.009) Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Illustration of Carpue's first patient's result drawn and engraved by Charles Turner (from Carpue, author's copy). Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2011 64, 17-26DOI: (10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.009) Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Series of engravings demonstrating the release of burn contractures using Mutter's flap (from Pancoast, author's copy). Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2011 64, 17-26DOI: (10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.009) Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Figure 5 These three line drawings are the final stages of Gillies' theoretical breast reconstruction. He believed that “The gap left by removal of the female breast should be remediable in terms of tubed flaps designed to carry large masses of fat, e.g. from the buttock.” (from Gillies, author's personal copy). Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2011 64, 17-26DOI: (10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.009) Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Figure 6 50-year post-poperative result of a patient who had small deep pinch grafts by John Staige Davis after a street car accident. Note the hypopigmented donor sites and cobblestone appearance of the grafts on the foot (photographed by author July 4, 1976). Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2011 64, 17-26DOI: (10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.009) Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Terms and Conditions