Reconstructing faces : the art and wartime surgery of Gillies, Pickerill, McIndoe & Mowlem
Meikle, Murray C. (Murray Clyde)2013
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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. The author describes how these surgeons revolutionised plastic surgery and the treatment of facial trauma, working on soldiers, fighter pilots and civilians disfigured by bombs, shrapnel and burns.
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Imprint:
[Dunedin] : Otago, 2013.
Collation:
262 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 26 cm + 1 DVD
ISBN:
9781877578397 (hbk)
Dewey class:
617.520592617.52
Language:
English
Subject:
Gillies, H. D. (Harold Delf), 1882-1960McIndoe, Archibald Hector, Sir, 1900-1960Mowlem, Arthur Rainsford, 1902-1986Kilner, Thomas Pomfret, 1890-1964Surgery, Plastic -- History -- 20th centuryFace -- Surgery -- History -- 20th centurySurgery, Military -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Medical careWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Medical careHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
237226