Answer:
Poland was a medical student at Guy’s Hospital in London who dissected a cadaver with the anomaly that bears his name. Surgery for the chest wall defect is essentially cosmetic since the loss of the pectoralis major muscle does not cause any functional problems. Ravitch recommended correction of the rib and sternal deformities by selective osteotomies or chondrotomies before the child was of school-going age to prevent any psychological effects from teasing by peers.