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In love and war : nursing heroes

In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, chronically burned airmen were sent to a hospital in a small Sussex town. There Archibald McIndoe rebuilt the faces, hands and bodies of flyers with revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For Liz Byrski, growing up in the town after the war, the faces of the burned airmen became the stuff of her nightmares. In her late sixties, Liz returned to the town to make peace with her memories and to speak with the survivors -- known as the Guinea Pig Club -- and with the nurses who played a vital and unorthodox role in their treatment, sometimes at a significant personal cost." -- Back cover.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
32320004052639 940.54 BYR
Adult Non Fiction   East Maitland library . . On Loan . 27 Mar 2024
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ISBN 9781925161458 (pbk.)
Classification Number 940.54 BYR
Author Byrski, Liz
Title In love and war : nursing heroes [BK]
Publisher North Fremantle, W.A. : : Fremantle Press ;, 2015
In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, chronically burned airmen were sent to a hospital in a small Sussex town. There Archibald McIndoe rebuilt the faces, hands and bodies of flyers with revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For Liz Byrski, growing up in the town after the war, the faces of the burned airmen became the stuff of her nightmares. In her late sixties, Liz returned to the town to make peace with her memories and to speak with the survivors -- known as the Guinea Pig Club -- and with the nurses who played a vital and unorthodox role in their treatment, sometimes at a significant personal cost." -- Back cover.
McIndoe, Archibald Hector -- Sir, 1900-1960
Byrski, Liz
Subject Guinea Pig Club
Burns and scalds -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Great Britain
Medical care
Biography
Nurses
Airmen
Surgery, Plastic
Wounds and injuries
Additional Author Byrski, Liz
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