| Description |
239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Fire -- The burning blue -- Above all, alive -- The bombers' war -- Beyond War III: Canadians and PoWs -- The trustees of each other -- The privilege of living |
| Summary |
The Guinea Pig Club was a unique band of 649 World War II airmen - among them Britons, Canadians, Czechs, South Africans, Australians and Russians - who suffered the worst burns imaginable but miraculously survived. They owed their lives, to a large extent, to the efforts of a maverick surgeon named Archibald McIndoe. McIndoe pioneered a remarkable treatment regime |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography : page 225 - 232 |
| Subject |
McIndoe, Archibald Hector, Sir, 1900-1960.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force.
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Guinea Pig Club.
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Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain.
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Soldiers -- Health and hygiene -- Great Britain.
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Air pilots, Military -- Great Britain.
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Burns and scalds -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Great Britain.
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Surgery, Plastic -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Burns -- rehabilitation.
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Surgery, Plastic -- history.
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World War II.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
| LC no. |
2005274764 |
| ISBN |
1853676101 |
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