Harold Gillies
New Zealand plastic surgeon (1882-1960) · New Zealand · Doctors · Died at 78
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Something wrong?Sir Harold Delf Gillies was the father of modern plastic surgery for the techniques he devised to repair the faces of wounded soldiers returning from World War I. He initially trained as an otolaryngologist and subsequently developed reconstructive techniques that culminated in the advent of plastic surgery.
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Gillies caricatured in Punch's Personalities by George Belcher, 1929
Walter Yeo, a sailor injured at the Battle of Jutland, is assumed to be the first person to receive plastic surgery in 1917. These photographs shows him immediately following (right) the flap surgery by Sir Harold Gillies, and after healing (left).
Frognal House, formerly Queen Mary's Hospital, in 2002In their orbit
About this person
Country
New Zealand
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1960 · aged 78
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