Latest News Welcome to the new BAPRAS Collection Virtual Museum! New content is continually added. Collection Highlights Click on the images below to discover more about the BAPRAS Collection... 1917 Gutta Percha BAPRAS/786 Date 1917 -1960 What Is This Equipment? BAPRAS/786. Partially used... Learn More 1985 "Becker" Breast Tissue Expander/Implant BAPRAS / 144 with BAPRAS / 388/ 389 1985 Becker's Breast Tissue Expander/Implant -... Learn More 2025 Paul McArthur Learn more. Learn More 1962 Dow Corning Silicone Breast Implant BAPRAS/140 1972 Dow Corning 120cc Anatomical Breast Implant BAPRAS/140 What Is... Learn More 1934 The North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary The North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, on the Mount Estate, Stoke-on-Trent, became the site of... Learn More 1910 John Grocott MRCS, LRCP, MBBS, FRCS John Grocott is the unknown “Fifth Man” of British Plastic surgery, and... Learn More 1850 Research Room Artefact database Visit the link below to search the collection database (Axiell) for all artefacts, images and... Learn More 1917 Why "The Queen's"? The Queen’s Hospital was named after Queen Mary, consort of King George... Learn More Curator's Spotlight Tannafax for Burns Early Use Tannic acid was proposed as a topical treatment for burn wounds in 1925 by EC Davidson in Detroit, USA. He applied gauze dressings to burns soaked with 2.5% tannic acid as a means to reduce the previously high mortality rate resulting from really quite small area burns and scalds. It... Learn More Share