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Faces From the Front Lecture

Andrew Bamji, The Collection's Honorary Gillies Curator giving a lecture based upon his comprehensive book "Faces from the front".

Given before an audience, and produced by the Royal Society, he details Harold Gillies time at the Queens Hospital and the early development of facial reconstructive surgery.

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Faces From the Front Lecture
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1917

Wax Models

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1917

Medical Artists

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1917

Dental Technicians

The dental technicians developed complicated splints and devices.             Dental...

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1915

Frognal House

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1938

Humby's Knife

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1890

Prof. Thomas Pomfret Kilner

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1910

Golf

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1930

Lady Gillies

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