%0 Journal Article %T Injuries to jaw and face in surgical experience Dominique Jean Larrey %A Turos, Maria Joanna %J Modern medicine %V 2019 %R 10.4467/12311960MN.19.013.11832 %N Volume 25 (2019) Issue 2 %P 7-24 %K Maxillo-facial surgery, Dominique Jean Larrey, Napoleonic wars %@ 1231-1960 %D 2020 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/medycyna-nowozytna/article/urazy-szczek-i-twarzy-w-doswiadczeniu-chirurgicznym-dominika-jeana-larreya %X Reconstructive surgery has a long way to go. In Europe, Dominique Jean Larrey surgeon, humanist and innovator wrote a very interesting card in this area. In addition to practical actions often taken on the battlefields of the Napoleonic era, he devoted a signifi ant part of his scientifi c achievements to the problems of maxillofacial surgery, also educating his students in this direction. And here is a handful of messages from over two hundred years ago.