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Author:

Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Gillies, H. D.--(Harold Delf),--1882-1960.
Plastic surgeons--Great Britain--Biography.
Surgery, Plastic--History--20th century.
Disabled veterans--History--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Disfigured persons--History--Great Britain--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Great Britain.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: "An unlovely object" -- The ballerina's rump -- The silver ghost -- Inspiration -- 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.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

0374282307
9780374282301

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1264275653

LCCN:

2021060843

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