04194cam a2200565 4500 599142662 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250856258 1250856256 d857195d-36ab-4f44-9d01-c458d6fdff03 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6508270 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Fitzharris, Lindsey. The Facemaker [Libby Audiobook] : A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I. Macmillan Audio, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 227MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 227MB. award winning authors. doctors biographies. history of medicine. Medical Technology. Emergency Surgery. military doctors. Plastic Surgery. Medical History. Science Writing. books on tape. world war one. war surgeons. audio books. war wounds. audiobooks. face maker. Hospitals. soldiers. Surgery. Doctors. ww1. HTML:<p><b>"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of <i>The Splendid and the Vile</i><br /> Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of <i>The Butchering Art</i>, presents the compelling, true story of a 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. The audiobook is read by actor Daniel Gillies who is the great, great nephew of the pioneering surgeon, Harold Gillies.<br /></b><br /> 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. <i>The Facemaker</i> tells the extraordinary story of such an individual: the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers under his care.<br /> 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. 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 a society largely intolerant of disfigurement, Gillies restored not just the faces of the wounded but also their spirits.<br /> <i>The Facemaker</i> 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.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.</b></p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. History. Medical. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. Gillies, Daniel. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d857195d-36ab-4f44-9d01-c458d6fdff03&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d857195d-36ab-4f44-9d01-c458d6fdff03&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)