The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
SKU: 9780141990293 • Barcode: 9780141990293

The Facemaker: Lindsey Harris

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Main subject: Disability: social aspects
  • Genre / subject: British and Irish history
  • Author: Lindsey Fitzharris
  • Audience: Adults

About the book

The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris is a history book for adult readers.

The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery. 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.

The war's new weaponry, from tanks to shrapnel, enabled slaughter on an industrial scale, and given the nature of trench warfare, thousands of soldiers sustained facial injuries. Medical advances meant that more survived their wounds than ever before, yet disfigured soldiers did not receive the hero's welcome they deserved. In The Facemaker, award-winning historian Lindsey Fitzharris tells the astonishing story of the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to restoring the faces - and the identities - of a brutalized generation.

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