Plastic surgery in wars, disasters and civilian life
Roberts, Anthony2023
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The specialty of plastic surgery was developed and named by Sir Harold Gillies following his work between the two world wars reconstructing severely damaged servicemen from the First World War. Sir Harold went on to inspire and train other surgeons from around the world. Among them was his cousin Sir Archibald McIndoe, who in the Second World War set up the unit at East Grinstead Hospital which looked after severely burned airmen and other servicemen. The airmen themselves set up the famous Guinea Pig Club which gave enormous social and often financial support to the severely injured. There have been enormous changes in the specialty over the past fifty years and a detailed view of these is given in an absorbing account of this life-enhancing surgery by one who served on the frontline in difficult and dangerous situations around the world.
Main title:
Plastic surgery in wars, disasters and civilian life / Anthony Roberts.
Author:
Roberts, Anthony, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Frontline Books, 2023.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399068482 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2332495
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