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Title: |
Reconstructing Faces |
| Sub-title: |
The Art and Wartime Surgery of Gillies, Pickerill, McIndoe and Mowlem |
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| By (author): |
Murray C. Meikle |
| ISBN10-13: |
1877578398 : 9781877578397 |
| Illustrations: |
photos, drawings & case notes |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
254x203x25mm |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Weight: |
1.075 Kg. |
| Published: |
Otago University Press (NZ) - January 2013 |
| List Price: |
26.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: science, technology & medicine : Military history : First World War : Second World War : Medicine: general issues : History of medicine : Surgery |
| The two world wars played an important role in the evolution of plastic and maxillofacial surgery in the first half of the 20th century. This book is about four of the key figures involved. Sir Harold Gillies and Sir Archibald McIndoe were born in Dunedin; McIndoe and Rainsford Mowlem studied medicine at the University of Otago Medical School, and Henry Pickerill was foundation Dean of the University of Otago Dental School. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Edinburgh in the South Pacific; Gillies & Pickerill: The First Generation; Gillies is Sent to France & Becomes a Plastic Surgeon; The Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot; The Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup: Birthplace of Modern Plastic Surgery; Pickerill Joins the War Effort & Returns to England; Mcindoe, Mowlem & the Interwar Years; Mcindoe & The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead; The Guinea Pig Club; Mowlem & Hill End Hospital, St Albans; Gillies Chooses Rooksdown House; Epilogue. |
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