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- St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum
- People in story:听
- Harold Delf Gillies
- Location of story:听
- St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A7884390
- Contributed on:听
- 19 December 2005
Sir Harold Gillies was born in New Zealand and initiated the speciality of plastic surgery in Britain following his experiences in World War One. He published in 1920 his 'Plastic Surgery of the Face', which established this artistic science as an acknowledged brand of medicine and remained a definitive publication for many years. During World War Two he was responsible for setting up plastic surgery units throughout Britain. In 1957 he published 'The Principles and Art of Plastic Surgery', still a major work on this subject. His encouragement of his younger cousin, Sir Archibald McIndoe, led to McIndoe鈥檚 own great achievements in plastic surgery.
Gilles was a student at St Bartholomew's Hospital and won the Luther Holden Research Scholarship in 1910.
He held the following posts at Bart's:
House Surgeon, 1908-1909
House Surgeon to ENT, 1909
Chief ENT Assistant, 1922-
Plastic Surgeon, 1930-1946
Emeritus Plastic Surgeon, 1946-1949
Consulting Plastic Surgeon, 1949
He was also Lecturer on Plastic Surgery to the Medical School.
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