On February 17, 1926, Charles Dujarier, a fully qualified French surgeon, operated on a young model, Mademoiselle Geoffre, who wished to improve the look of her unbecoming legs.
The operation was a disaster. Suture tension was responsible for gangrene that required the amputation of the operated leg.
The outcome of the lawsuit was severe for Dujarier, who was required to pay 200,000 francs compensation, but even more so for plastic surgery, which was practically outlawed.
Two years later, Dujarier's sentence was confirmed, but plastic surgery was cleared and considered licit on condition that the patient's informed consent be obtained.
Dujarier died shortly after the second ruling.
