John Stephenson's Cleft Palate

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Braithwaite F. The importance of the levator muscle in cleft palate closure. Br J Plast Surg. 1968; 21: 60–62.

Entin M.A. Dr. Roux's first operation of soft palate in 1819: a historical vignette. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1999; 36: 27–29.

Francis W.W. Repair of cleft palate by Philibert Roux in 1819. J Hist Med Allied Sci. 1963; 18: 209–219. [The 1953 translation by Dr. William W. Francis, librarian of McGill's Osier Library, with a one-paragraph introduction by Dr. Lloyd Stevenson, subsequent Osier Library librarian.]

Kriens O.B. An anatomical approach to veloplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1969; 43: 29–41.

Long C.W. An account of the first use of sulphuric ether by inhalation as ananesthetic in surgical operations. South Med Surg J. 1849; 5: 705–713.

Morris H.L. Clinical assessment by the speech pathologist. In: Bardach J. , Morris H.L. , eds. Multidisciplinary Management of Cleft Lip and Palate. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1990: 757–762.

Rogers B.O. Carl Ferdinand von Graefe (1781–1840). Plast Reconstr Surg. 1970; 46: 554–563.

Rogers B.O. History of cleft lip and palate treatment. In: Grabb W.C. , Rosenstein S.W. , Bzoch K.R. , eds. Cleft Lip and Palate. Surgical, Dental and Speech Aspects. Boston: Little, Brown; 1971: 142–169.

Rogers B.O. Palate surgery prior to von Graefe's pioneering staphylorrhaphy (1816): an historical review of the early causes of surgical indifference in repairing the cleft palate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1967; 39: 1–19.

Ruding R. Cleft palate: anatomic and surgical considerations. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1964; 33: 132–147.

Stephenson J. Repair of cleft palate by Philibert Roux in 1819 (de velosynthesi). Translated from the Latin by Dr. William W. Francis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1971; 47: 277–283. [One of The Classic Reprint series, the contents of ref. 4 enhanced by a commentary by Dr. Martin Entin.]

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