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

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.
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.

Available copies

  • 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
Abington Community Library 617.092 FITZHAR (Text) 50687011783431 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 617.092 FITZHAR (Text) 50686016178696 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 617.092 FIT (Text) 33240004730779 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 617.092 G481F (Text) 85131001832535 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 617.092 FITZHAR (Text) 50688010846914 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults 617.09 FIT Nonfiction (Text) 34217000832097 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library 617.092 FITZ (Text) 36446002066259 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library GIL (Text) 33249025340252 Biography Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) BIOG GILL-H (Text)
Endowment: Named Endowment In Memory of John Willis Beidler, and in Honor of Dr. J. Garry Beidler, Dr. Philip D. Beidler and Mrs. Robert C. Dean, 2022
35740635849987 Biography Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 617.092 Fitzharris History (Text) 39427103711768 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -

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