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first performed by Jameson, in 1820. The complete excision of the 

 superior maxilla was first performed in New York, by David L. 

 Rodgers, in 1824. Excision of the inferior maxilla was first partially 

 and successfully made "without known precedent or professional 

 counsel or aid," by Deadrich, of Tennessee, in 1810. Jameson ex- 

 sected nearly the entire inferior maxilla in 1820. Mott exsected half 

 of the jaw in 1821 ; Ackley in 1850; and Carnochan excised the entire 

 bone in 1851. Excision of the os hyoides was performed for the first 

 time by Warren, in 1803. Excision of the wedge-shaped piece of bone 

 from the tibia and fibula, with osteoclasis of the bones, to correct 

 a deformity by an osteotomy, was performed by Warren, in 1820. 

 In 1835 Barton devised an operation which is still practiced for the 

 relief of angular ankylosis of the knee. The entire clavicle was excised 

 successfully for necrosis for the first time in 1813, by McCreary of 

 Kentucky. The entire clavicle was again excised successfully for the 

 first time for malignant disease, by Mott, in 1828. The entire scapula, 

 three fourths of the clavicle, and the arm were excised for the first 

 time, and also successfully, by Dixi Crosby, in 1836. This same 

 operation was repeated by Twitchell, in 1838, by McClellan, in 1838, 

 and by Mussey, in 1845, and since then to the present time the opera- 

 tion has been performed many times throughout the world. 



The entire scapula and the clavicle were removed successfully 

 six years after an amputation at the shoulder- joint by Mussey in 

 1837. Two thirds of the ulna was excised successfully by Butt, of 

 Virginia, in 1825, and the olecranon by Buck, in 1842, while the 

 entire ulna was excised by Carnochan, in 1853. The same operator 

 excised the entire radius in 1854. Both radius and ulna were ex- 

 cised by Compton, of New Orleans, in 1853. Excision of the coccyx 

 was first performed by Nott, in 1832, for the relief of severe and 

 persistent neuralgia. Excision of a portion of the rib by the tre- 

 phine, for affording drainage in empyema, was first performed by 

 Stone, in 1862, and excision of a part of one or more ribs for the same 

 purpose was first performed by Walter, of Pittsburg, in 1857. Be- 

 side these excisions for necrosis, suppuration, and malignant disease, 

 much credit is due to American surgery for the part it has played 

 in subperiosteal surgery. One of the most remarkable specimens is 

 the reproduction of the inferior maxilla by Wood, in 1856. Langen- 

 beck, the authority on subperiosteal surgery, said "that he did not 

 believe a corresponding preparation really existed anywhere," 

 and remarked that "there was not another such specimen in the 

 whole of Europe." This was indeed a fitting tribute, from one of 

 Europe's greatest surgeons, to the genius of one of America's great- 

 est operators. Wood has also succeeded in reproducing many other 

 bones in the body by the application of the same principles of sub- 

 periosteal surgery. Thus it is evident, if the first successful excis- 



