Reconstructing Faces, 9781877578397
Hardcover
How four surgeons revolutionised plastic surgery and the treatment of facial trauma, working on soldiers, fighter pilots and civilians disfigured by bombs, shrapnel and burns.

Reconstructing Faces

the art and wartime surgery of gillies, pickerill, mcindoe and mowlem

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  • Hardcover

    264 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2013

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Summary

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 surger…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781877578397
ISBN-10:1877578398
Author:Murray C. Meikle
Publisher:Otago University Press
Imprint:Otago University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:1 January 2013
Weight:1.07kg
Dimensions:254mm x 203mm x 25mm
About The Author

Murray C. Meikle

Murray C. Meikle is Emeritus Professor of Orthodontics, King’s College London Dental Institute at Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals (GKT), University of London, and a former Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Since retiring from GKT in 2003, he has been Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Otago and a Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore.

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