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The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I  Cover Image Book Book

The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I / Lindsey Fitzharris.

Summary:

"A biography of the plastic surgeon Harold Gillies with an emphasis on the development of plastic surgery during WWI"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374282301 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: "An unlovely object" -- The ballerina's rump -- The silver ghost -- Special duty -- 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 -- Epilogue: Cutting a path.
Subject: Gillies, H. D. (Harold Delf), 1882-1960.
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Disfigured persons > Treatment > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Plastic surgeons > Great Britain > Biography.
Surgery, Plastic > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care > Great Britain.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch 617.092 Gilli-F 31681010286003 NONFIC Available -


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