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Title Faces from the Front : Harold Gillies, The Queen's Hospital, Sidcup and the origins of modern plastic surgery / Andrew Bamji
Imprint Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company, 2017
©2017

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Descript 212 s. : ill. ; 26 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index
Faces from the Front examines the British response to the huge number of soldiers who incurred facial injuries during the First World War. These injuries were produced within a short time span, but (for the first time in a major conflict) did not necessarily lead to death due to developments in anaesthesia and improvements in the treatment of infection and blood loss. Casualties were evacuated back to England, where surgeons had an opportunity to develop their skills on a large patient caseload. Harold Gillies, an ambitious young surgeon, developed a new branch of surgery: plastic surgery of the face. In 1915, Gillies set up a dedicated ward for patients with facial injuries at the Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot, Hampshire.
Subject Gillies, H. D. (Harold Delf), 1882-1960
Plastic surgeons -- History -- 20th century
Surgery, Military -- History -- 20th century
Head -- surgery
Face -- surgery
Surgery, Plastic -- history
Plastikkirurgi
Krigsskador
Krigskirurgi
Classmark 617.5/1044
ISBN/ISSN 1911512668 (hardback)
9781911512660 (hardback)
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