The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 315 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Camp Verde Community Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
617.092 GILES
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Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
617.092 GILES
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SPL in the Village - NF - Nonfiction Books
BIOGRAPHY GILLIES, H.
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294) and index.
Description
"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 and disfigured. In the midst of this brutality, however, there were also those who strove to alleviate suffering. Lindsey Fitzharris's The Facemaker tells the extraordinary story of such and individual: the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gilles, who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers under his care. Gilles, a Cambridge-educated New Zealander, became interested in the nascent field of plastic surgery after encountering the human wreckage on the front. Returning to Britain, he established one of the world's first hospitals dedicated entirely to facial reconstruction. There, Gillies assembled a unique group of practitioners whose task was to rebuild what had been torn apart, to re-create what had been destroyed. At a time when losing a limb made a soldier a hero but losing a face made him a monster to society largely intolerant of disfigurement, Gillies restored not just the faces of the wounded but also their spirits. The Facemaker places Gillies's ingenious surgical innovations alongside the dramatic stories of soldiers whose lives were wrecked and repaired. The result is a vivid account of how medicine can be an art, and of what courage and imagination can accomplish in the presence of relentless horror" -- Front jacket flap.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Fitzharris, L. (2022). The facemaker: a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982-. 2022. The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982-. The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Fitzharris, Lindsey. The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

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