In love and war : nursing heroes / Liz Byrski.
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TextPublisher: Fremantle, Western Australia : Fremantle Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 215 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781925161458 :; 1925161455Subject(s): Byrski, Liz | McIndoe, Archibald Hector Sir, 1900-1960 | Guinea Pig Club | Airmen -- Great Britain -- Biography | Airmen -- Great Britain -- Wounds and injuries | Surgery, Plastic -- Great Britain | World war, 1939-1945 -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care | Nurses -- Great Britain -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care | Nurses -- Great Britain -- BiographyDDC classification: 940.547541 Summary: In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, airmen filled a small Sussex town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, growing up in a small Sussex town, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. In her late sixties, Liz returned to make peace with her memories and to speak not only with the survivors - known as the Guinea Pig Club - but with the nurses who played a vital and unorthodox role in their treatment, sometimes at a significant personal cost.
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In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, airmen filled a small Sussex town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, growing up in a small Sussex town, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. In her late sixties, Liz returned to make peace with her memories and to speak not only with the survivors - known as the Guinea Pig Club - but with the nurses who played a vital and unorthodox role in their treatment, sometimes at a significant personal cost.
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