{"product_id":"the-facemaker-one-surgeons-battle-to-mend-the-disfigured-soldiers-of-world-war-i","title":"The Facemaker: One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fitzharris, Lindsey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-06-2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141990293\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBest Books of the Year, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom 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. The war's new weaponry, from tanks to shrapnel, enabled slaughter on an industrial scale, and given the nature of trench warfare, thousands of soldiers sustained facial injuries. Medical advances meant that more survived their wounds than ever before, yet disfigured soldiers did not receive the hero's welcome they deserved.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn The Facemaker, award-winning historian Lindsey Fitzharris tells the astonishing story of the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to restoring the faces - and the identities - of a brutalized generation. Gillies, 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 in Sidcup, south-east England. There, Gillies assembled a unique group of doctors, nurses and artists whose task was to recreate what had been torn apart. At a time when losing a limb made a soldier a hero, but losing a face made him a monster to a society largely intolerant of disfigurement, Gillies restored not just the faces of the wounded but also their spirits.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMeticulously researched and grippingly told, The Facemaker places Gillies's ingenious surgical innovations alongside the poignant stories of soldiers whose lives were wrecked and repaired. The result is a vivid account of how medicine and art can merge, and of what courage and imagination can accomplish in the presence of relentless horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141990293\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.0 x 1.2 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66563439788336,"sku":"Trans_9780141990293","price":616.88,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/91dw3yDyJ6L.jpg?v=1776534957","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-facemaker-one-surgeons-battle-to-mend-the-disfigured-soldiers-of-world-war-i","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}