Faces from the front : Harold Gillies, The Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, and the origins of modern plastic surgery / Andrew Bamji.

"Faces from the Front examines the British response to the huge number of soldiers who incurred facial injuries during the First World War. These injuries were produced within a short time span, but (for the first time in a major conflict) did not necessarily lead to death due to developments in anaesthesia and improvements in the treatment of infection and blood loss."--From synopsis.