Plastic Surgery Ever wonder how it’s possible to patch up a face that is almost completely gone? Or what it would be like to be apart of the medical aspect of the war? Many doctors used a new technique in this war to help soldiers called plastic surgery. Plastic surgery was the newest way to fix someone’s face or body part that was destroyed. Plastic surgery is a very complicated and messy process that was executed in WWI, it has both evolved and stayed the same since. During WWI there were many gruesome injuries and not very many resources to fix them. Some people believed that plastic surgery was developed in the 1930’s for birth defects but the first advancements happened in World War 1 (“Surgery”). In this war the soldiers were living
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Gillies played a huge part in the war using plastic surgery. Harold Gillies was one of the first doctors to refine and use skin grafts for plastic surgery (“Faces”). One of the best discoveries that Gillies found was the tubed pedicle, it used the patient's own tissue to patch unsightly wounds with reconstructive surgery. (“Harold”). 1917 was the first modern plastic surgery done by Gilles, he rebuilt the face of sailor named Walter Yeo (Furness). In addition, Gilles found through a patient named Henry Lumley that plastic surgery should be done in smaller sections. He lost him due to taking too much skin from his chest and it getting infected (“How”). Dr. Gilles had many patients and one of them was Spreckley, he was Gillie’s 132nd patient, the patient was 33 years old and was admitted to the hospital in January 1917 (“Harold”). He was diagnosed with a gunshot wound nose (“Harold”). He was discharged three and a half years later in October of 1920.” (“Harold”). In the photos of this patient we see that he begins to look like a normal person as he heals with the plastic surgery. Dr. Gilles saved many lives during WWI and also brought new advancements to the plastic surgery …show more content…
An analysis was done about plastic surgery in World War I and World War II by John Staige Davis, M.D. Davis talks about the difference in plastic surgery and the similarities of plastic surgery from World War I to World War II. In World War I there was a lot of chaos and ignorance, going into situations blindly which could have been both good or bad. However, there was a connection between World War I and World War II. David states, “The tables of organization in the army failed utterly to make adequate provision for plastic surgery in World War I and repeated in World War II.” (Davis). In this Davis is talking about how the gruesome wars and injuries made it very hard to have a organized and sufficient plastic surgery operation in World War I and II. John Staige Davis also states, “As a matter of fact, there have not been any important new principles in plastic surgery developed so far in World War II, but simply better and more skillful use had been made of methods and principles previously devised.” (David). This shows that plastic surgery did not significantly change from World War I to World War II. Plastic surgery pretty much has the same basis as it did in World War I, the only thing that has changed is some of the
Gillies played a huge part in the war using plastic surgery. Harold Gillies was one of the first doctors to refine and use skin grafts for plastic surgery (“Faces”). One of the best discoveries that Gillies found was the tubed pedicle, it used the patient's own tissue to patch unsightly wounds with reconstructive surgery. (“Harold”). 1917 was the first modern plastic surgery done by Gilles, he rebuilt the face of sailor named Walter Yeo (Furness). In addition, Gilles found through a patient named Henry Lumley that plastic surgery should be done in smaller sections. He lost him due to taking too much skin from his chest and it getting infected (“How”). Dr. Gilles had many patients and one of them was Spreckley, he was Gillie’s 132nd patient, the patient was 33 years old and was admitted to the hospital in January 1917 (“Harold”). He was diagnosed with a gunshot wound nose (“Harold”). He was discharged three and a half years later in October of 1920.” (“Harold”). In the photos of this patient we see that he begins to look like a normal person as he heals with the plastic surgery. Dr. Gilles saved many lives during WWI and also brought new advancements to the plastic surgery …show more content…
An analysis was done about plastic surgery in World War I and World War II by John Staige Davis, M.D. Davis talks about the difference in plastic surgery and the similarities of plastic surgery from World War I to World War II. In World War I there was a lot of chaos and ignorance, going into situations blindly which could have been both good or bad. However, there was a connection between World War I and World War II. David states, “The tables of organization in the army failed utterly to make adequate provision for plastic surgery in World War I and repeated in World War II.” (Davis). In this Davis is talking about how the gruesome wars and injuries made it very hard to have a organized and sufficient plastic surgery operation in World War I and II. John Staige Davis also states, “As a matter of fact, there have not been any important new principles in plastic surgery developed so far in World War II, but simply better and more skillful use had been made of methods and principles previously devised.” (David). This shows that plastic surgery did not significantly change from World War I to World War II. Plastic surgery pretty much has the same basis as it did in World War I, the only thing that has changed is some of the