TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mayhew,E.R.
TI  - The Guinea Pig Club: Archibald McIndoe and the RAF in World War II 
SN  - 9781787822023
U1  - 940.547541 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Leicester [England]
PB  - Thorpe, Aurora
KW  - McIndoe, Archibald Hector, 
KW  - Guinea Pig Club
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Royal Air Force
KW  - History
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Plastic surgeons
KW  - Biography
KW  - Surgery, Plastic
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Large type books
N2  - The history of the Guinea Pig Club, the band of airmen who were seriously burned in aeroplane fires, is a truly inspiring, spine-tingling tale. Plastic surgery was in its infancy before the Second World War, and the most rudimentary techniques were only known to a few surgeons worldwide. The Allies were tremendously fortunate in having maverick surgeon Archibald McIndoe - nicknamed 'the Boss', or 'the Maestro' - operating at a small hospital. McIndoe constructed a medical infrastructure from scratch and 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 population. He rightly secured his group of patients, dubbed the Guinea Pig Club, an honoured place in society as heroes of the Second World War
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