PDF⋙ The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald McIndoe, the Royal Air Force and the Guinea Pig Club by E. R. Mayhew
The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald McIndoe, the Royal Air Force and the Guinea Pig Club by E. R. Mayhew The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald McIndoe, the Royal Air Force and the Guinea Pig Club by E. R. Mayhew PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The history of the Guinea Pig Club, the band of airmen who were seriously burned in airplane 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 pop