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SURGERY, med. jur. That part of the healing art which relates to external diseases; their treatment; and, specially, to the manual operations adopted for their cure.
     2. Every lawyer should have some acquaintance with surgery; his knowledge on this subject will be found useful in cases of homicide and wounds.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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Global Cosmetic Surgery Market Overview By Surgery Type, Facial Reconstruction, Cosmetic Implants, Top Companies, Regional Insights and Trends
Jonlin Chen, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues conducted an online survey of 252 participants (73 percent female; mean age, 24.7 years) to assess whether self-esteem and the use of social media and photo-editing applications are associated with cosmetic surgery attitudes.
As with all businesses that are accredited by the BBB, Ritacca Cosmetic Surgery & Medspa has committed to the BBB Code of Business Practices.
Riverchase Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery is a skin centre that has maintained its initial vision of providing a skin cancer, dermatology and cosmetic surgery services for over a decade.
Dubai: More teenagers in the UAE are knocking on the doors of cosmetic surgery clinics, thanks to their increasing anxiety to look perfect, according to an expert.
The society believes the survey reflects about 80 percent of surgeries nationwide, as most major cosmetic surgery specialists responded.
In response to 246 plastic surgery related complaints by Taiwanese consumers over the past two years, the foundation investigated the Facebook pages of 15 cosmetic surgery clinics.
'Cosmetic surgery, especially hair transplants, liposuction and Botox injections, have increased in past few years,' said plastic surgeon Dr Waseem Malik.
The NHS funds cosmetic surgery for cases of disfigurement or physical abnormalities which cause psychological stress or illness.
The Gulf region has become a "beautopia", a global hotspot for cosmetic surgery and related appearance-enhancing procedures.
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