The Reconstruction of Warriors

Archibald McIndoe, the Royal Air Force and the Guinea Pig Club

E.R. Mayhew (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2010
Frontline Books (Verlag)
978-1-84832-584-5 (ISBN)

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"First published in Great Britain in 2004 by Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited"--Title page verso.

The history of the Guinea Pig Club, the band of airmen who were seriously burned in aeroplane fires, is a truly inspiring, spine-tingling tale. Plastic surgery was in its infancy before the Second World War. The most rudimentary techniques were only known to a few surgeons worldwide. The Allies were tremendously fortunate in having the maverick surgeon Archibald McIndoe - nicknamed 'the Boss' or 'the Maestro' - operating at a small hospital in East Grinstead in the south of England.McIndoe constructed a medical infrastructure from scratch. After arguing with his superiors, he set up a revolutionary new treatment regime. Uniquely concerned with the social environment, or 'holistic care', McIndoe also enlisted the help of the local civilian population. He rightly secured his group of patients - dubbed the Guinea Pig Club - an honoured place in society as heroes of Britain's war.For the first time official records have been used to explain fully how and why this remarkable relationship developed between the Guinea Pig Club, the RAF and the Home Front. First-person recollections bring to life the heroism of the airmen with incredible clarity.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2010
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, ports.
Verlagsort	Barnsley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-84832-584-3 / 1848325843
ISBN-13	978-1-84832-584-5 / 9781848325845
Zustand	Neuware