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737 reviews for:
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
Lindsey Fitzharris
4.28 AVERAGE
737 reviews for:
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
Lindsey Fitzharris
4.28 AVERAGE
The Facemakers is a non-fiction that tells the story of Harold Gillies. Gillies was the first to pioneer plastic surgeon who developed innovative techniques to reconstruct the faces of soldiers severely injured in World War I.
The book explores Gillies's work, and the impact of his work on the development of plastic surgery as a medical specialty.
I found this book incredibly fascinating and easy to digest. It made me care about WW1 (shock) and how many things were tied to the war.
This book is gorey, blood and most importantly uplifting and sheds light on those who have been turned away from history.
The book explores Gillies's work, and the impact of his work on the development of plastic surgery as a medical specialty.
I found this book incredibly fascinating and easy to digest. It made me care about WW1 (shock) and how many things were tied to the war.
This book is gorey, blood and most importantly uplifting and sheds light on those who have been turned away from history.
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Well, Sir Harold Gillies is now one of my favorite people.
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The narrator kinda killed this one for me. The story? Fantastic, absolutely worth it 100%. But the narration was just a bit boring and I found myself drifting several times. However, I was intrigued so I would rewind and relisten to the parts I drifted at. Basically, I’d recommend this as an ebook or physical book over this audio version.
This is more pop history than I usually read but the book was an interesting, absorbing and sympathetic depiction about the medical response to the facial trauma and disfigurement in World War I. Fitzharris's account could perhaps have been less broad - the chapters felt more episodic and themed than part of a single cohesive narrative. Still, a fascinating look at the pioneering surgeon Harold Gilles and the beginning of plastic surgery.
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