Early Plastic Surgery

spygirl35455 · #1 ● 10-14-2009, 06:27 PM

This may be a repost, but this guys outcome never ceases to amaze me

cpm80 · #2 ● 10-14-2009, 06:31 PM

what happened in the first instance?

spygirl35455 · #3 ● 10-14-2009, 06:35 PM

I can't be sure, but I believe he was one of the WWI survivors. Sir Harold Gillies did the surgery..

annmarie · #4 ● 10-14-2009, 09:59 PM

thats remarkable his recovery from this horrendous deformity.

annmarie · #5 ● 10-14-2009, 10:01 PM

love the pics are they old ?

spygirl35455 · #6 ● 10-14-2009, 10:42 PM

Around 1917

butterfly · #7 ● 10-15-2009, 10:57 AM

Great post from before to after.

Dmander · #8 ● 10-15-2009, 11:00 AM

The first picture looks like some of the horrendous scars from WW1.

87wildside · #9 ● 10-15-2009, 11:11 AM

Just like everything else, they did a better job then, then now given the tools.

juliemd · #10 ● 10-15-2009, 01:30 PM

very nice job considering how medical practice was back then.

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