Surgical observations, with cases and operations

"In the present work, Warren discusses his work in plastic surgery, including rhinoplasty and staphylorrhaphy. He was especially expert at repairing clefts of the palate, having observed Dieffenbach and Roux while in Europe and being familiar with his father's work. The book also contains chapters covering the head and neck, chest, genitourinary system, abdomen, arteries and veins, tumors, injuries and diseases of the nerves, and anesthetics" (Heirs of Hippocrates 1762).

The chapter on tumors (Chapter IX) contains four sections: "Tumors"; "Tumors in the Parotid Region"; "Leucocythaemia"; and "Operations for Cancer." "Through his techniques and writings and his prominence in American medicine, [Warren] made his profession aware of what this kind of surgery could offer the patient" (Goldwyn, p. 466). Goldwyn, "Jonathan Mason Warren and his contribution to plastic surgery," in McDowell, Source Book of Plastic Surgery, pp. 460-66.