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The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I / Lindsey Fitzharris.
"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. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 617.092 Gilli-F | 31681010286003 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe facemaker : ‡ba visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I / ‡cLindsey Fitzharris. |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, ‡c2022. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations, map ; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tPrologue: "An unlovely object" -- ‡tThe ballerina's rump -- ‡tThe silver ghost -- ‡tSpecial duty -- ‡tA strange new art -- ‡tThe chamber of horrors -- ‡tThe mirrorless ward -- ‡tTin noses and steel hearts -- ‡tThe miracle workers -- ‡tThe boys on blue benches -- ‡tPercy -- ‡tHeroic failures -- ‡tAgainst all odds -- ‡tAll that glitters -- ‡tEpilogue: Cutting a path. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"A biography of the plastic surgeon Harold Gillies with an emphasis on the development of plastic surgery during WWI"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aGillies, H. D. ‡q(Harold Delf), ‡d1882-1960. |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aDisabled veterans ‡xRehabilitation ‡zGreat Britain ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aDisfigured persons ‡xTreatment ‡zGreat Britain ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aPlastic surgeons ‡zGreat Britain ‡vBiography. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aSurgery, Plastic ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1914-1918 ‡xMedical care ‡zGreat Britain. | |
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