And this is particularly true in operative work on the face; and especially in the repair of breaches made by excision around the eye, mouth and nose; for here the experienced plastician, by studied plan, can often cover or disguise unsightly lines left by the scalpel; or if this be denied, then such lines may sometimes be so shifted as to be invisible. By such work the plastician will win parental gratitude by relieving the face of childhood of unsightly scars; and surgical art will gratify age when it utilizes the latter's furrows for plastic disguises.