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Plastic Surgery: its Origins: The Life and Works of Sir Harold Gillies 1882-1960 Paperback – Import, December 1, 2013

by Richard Petty (Contributor)
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  1. Print length
    200 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006
  4. Publication date
    December 1, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    5.43 x 0.79 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0992673909
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0992673901
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006 (December 1, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0992673909
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0992673901
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 0.79 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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3.0 out of 5 stars A concise account of Harold Gillies' plastic surgery on wounded WWI veterans with a biography
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2019
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I bought this book, because I have become very interested in how facially maimed servicemen from WWI re-integrated into civilian society. I have seen some of the pastel drawings of Henry Tonks in the William Harvey Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons. Tonks was a trained artist, who worked with Sir Harold Gillies in documenting some severe shrapnel facial wounds sustained by servicemen. Harold Gillies was a remarkable war-surgeon, who set up a post-war dedicated centre at the Queen's Hospital in Sidcup and operated on over 5,000 facially damaged veterans from the UK and the Commonwealth. He achieved some wonderful results with his tubed-pedicle technique, which was formally documented and illustrated in Italy in the 15th and 16th and centuries and even some texts from 5th century BC India. Gillies was also a multi-talented man, who was an excellent golfer, accomplished fly-fisher and enjoyed oil-painting. I felt that the book was fairly basic as was described by a previous reviewer, with a few black and white before-and-after photos. It could have been made more exciting given the subject matter, but it serves as an introduction to the works of the father of modern plastic surgery.
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