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1917

Wax Models

Tom Kelsey, a dental technician from New Zealand, also made a now iconic wax model whilst at...

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1917

Medical Artists

The Queen’s Hospital had several artists working to document the early plastic surgery work being...

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1917

Dental Technicians

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

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1915

Frognal House

The choice of Frognal House as the site for the Queen’s Hospital was both serendipitous and...

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1938

Humby's Knife

BAPRAS/768 1936 What is this instrument? This knife, was perhaps the first in common use...

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1890

Prof. Thomas Pomfret Kilner

Born 17th September 1890, Lancashire, UK Died 2nd July 1964 CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASTIC...

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1910

Golf

Gillies became nationally famous as much for his influence on the game of golf as for his...

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1930

Lady Gillies

Marjorie Clayton had been Harold Gillies long-time theatre sister.  Lady Gillies in...

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How it started
Curator's Spotlight

How it started

"What do you chaps think about forming a Plastic Club?" - Harold Gillies Early in 1944, although arguably “home” to Plastic Surgery as an organised specialty since the First World War, the UK still lacked a national unifying organisation to guide it. Joint meetings were occasionally held...

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