The facemaker : one surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I

The facemaker one surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I

From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. The First World War claimed millions of lives and left millions more wounded...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books 2022
Edición:First published in Great Britain
Materias:
Gillies, H. D. > (Harold Delf), > 1882-1960
Cirujanos > Gran Bretaña > Biografías.
Cirugía plástica > Historia > s. XX.
Militares inválidos > Rehabilitación > Gran Bretaña > Historia > s. XX.
Guerra mundial, 1914-1918 > Aspectos sanitarios > Gran Bretaña.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: "An unlovely object"
  • The ballerina's rump
  • The silver ghost
  • Special duty
  • 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
  • Epilogue: Cutting a path

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