Home Collections The Visits The Visits The “The British Microsurgical Travellers Club” made trips to six units in five countries. Surgeons and Units Visited Ljubljana- Marco Godina. Hamburg - Dieter Buck Gramco Munich - Edgar Biemer Innsbruck - Hans Anderl Beijing & Hong Kong - Chen Chung Wey and surgeons at Princes Margaret Hospital HK Each host organised a programme of lectures and operative demonstrations in theatre. They learnt more about microsurgical free tissue transfer for soft tissue cover of open lower limb fractures from Marco Godina in Lubijana. Edgar Biemer in Munich was an early pioneer in finger and limb replantation, and Hans Anderl in Innsbruck had experience with cross facial nerve transfer for the treatment of facial nerve palsy. Munich 1978. The BMTC with their German colleagues. Edgar Biemer is in the white coat, 7th from left. On the visit to Munich, the visitors even made a side trip to Schaffhausen near Lake Constance (Bodensee) home to the instrument works of Messers Springler and Tritt. “S&T” were pioneers in the development of both microsurgical instruments and sutures, thereby making microsurgery a routinely practical technique. Image to right of Bill Reid, Martyn Webster, and Edgar Biemer Share Back to the Museum Collection Highlights 1900 Local Anaesthetic Syringe 1900-1960 What is this equipment? BAPRAS/174. Harold Gillies... Learn More 1960 Dingman Cleft Palate Gag What is this equipment? Dingman's cleft palate gag. This is made from stainless steel and... Learn More 1910 Eye Prostheses What are these devices? This is a set of prosthetic glass eyes (ocular prostheses). It contains... Learn More 1910 Time Corridor Honouring John Grocott The people of Stoke on Trent are rightly proud of their heritage as the “World Capital” of the... Learn More 1917 Gutta Percha Date 1917 -1960 What Is This Equipment? BAPRAS/786. Partially used Gutta Percha... 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