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 1890 Prof. Thomas Pomfret Kilner Born 17th September 1890, Lancashire, UK Died 2nd July 1964 CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASTIC... Learn More 1910 Golf Gillies became nationally famous as much for his influence on the game of golf as for his... Learn More 1930 Lady Gillies Marjorie Clayton had been Harold Gillies long-time theatre sister. Lady Gillies in... Learn More 1939 McIndoe - World War 2 and beyond "A nice little hospital on the edge of a nice little town" - Sir Archibald McIndoe The... Learn More 1923 McIndoe's path to plastic surgery Archibald Hector McIndoe never intended to become a plastic surgeon. He graduated from Otago... Learn More 1900 McIndoe's personal life Archie McIndoe, known to his family as “Nookie” was born the second of four children to John and... Learn More 1870 Reverdin Pinch Grafting Scissors BAPRAS/738 – Reverdin Example Date 1870 -1880 What Is This Instrument? This is an example... Learn More 1980 Why Have A Collection? Museums collect and preserve objects to be explored today and in the future. They give visitors... Learn More