The facemaker, a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I, Lindsey Fitzharris
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- Surgery, Plastic + History -- 20th century
- Gillies, H. D., Harold Delf, 1882-1960
- Plastic surgeons -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Disfigured persons + Treatment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Disabled veterans + Rehabilitation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- MEDICAL / Surgery / General
- World War, 1914-1918 + Medical care -- Great Britain
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The facemaker, a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I, Lindsey Fitzharris
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The facemaker
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1264275653
Responsibility statement
Lindsey Fitzharris
Sub title
a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I
Summary
"A biography of the plastic surgeon Harold Gillies with an emphasis on the development of plastic surgery during WWI"--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Prologue: "An unlovely object" -- The ballerina's rump -- The silver ghost -- Inspiration -- A strange new art -- The chamber of horrors -- The mirrorless ward -- Tin noses and steel hearts -- The miracle workers -- The boys on blue benches -- Percy -- Heroic failures -- Against all odds -- All that glitters
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