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The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I Cover Image Book Book
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The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I

Fitzharris, Lindsey 1982- (author.).

Summary: "A biography of the plastic surgeon Harold Gillies with an emphasis on the development of plastic surgery during WWI"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374282307
  • ISBN: 9780374282301
  • Physical Description: xii, 315 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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

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  • 22 of 22 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 2 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lower Macungie Library 617.092 FIT (Text) 33400001553356 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults 617.092 FIT Nonfiction (Text) 34262000777504 Main Room Available -
Nanty Glo Public Library B Gil (Text) 31815190061493 NGLM Biography Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Bio Gillies, H (Text) 33223008930702 Biography Available -
Red Land Community Library Adults 617.09 FIT Nonfiction (Text) 34006001025979 Main Room Available -
Windber Public Library 617.092 Fitzharris (Text) 34950000563425 WINM Main Available -
Womelsdorf Community Library 617.092 FIT (Text) 33249023783297 Non-fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library 617.092 FITZ (Text) 34455006926048 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -
Bethlehem Coolidge Branch 617.092 (Text) 33062009836710 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 617.092 (Text) 33062009613895 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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