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 20th Century British Aesthetic Surgery The origins of aesthetic or cosmetic surgery in Britain lie within the overall evolution of... Learn More 1945 The Bye Diaries David Bye’s diaries are a rare window into an experience that none of us would wish to have, but he... Learn More 1945 Return to Civvy Street “Those wretched photos” is how David Bye’s wife forever referred to the clinical images of his... Learn More 1945 David Bye's Reconstruction David Bye’s injury resulted in a devastating loss of hard and soft tissues from his jaw and lower... Learn More 1944 Injury and Triage David Bye signed up with the Royal Fusiliers in 1939 aged just 22, being deployed first in North... Learn More 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