SIDCUP, ENGLAND, C. 1918. ONE OF A SERIES OF THIRTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING STAGES OF SURGICAL ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number P01077.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

SIDCUP, ENGLAND, C. 1918. ONE OF A SERIES OF THIRTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING STAGES OF SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN THE CASE OF A MAN WOUNDED IN THE FACE, PARTICULARLY THE JAW. THE IMPERIAL OR QUEENS HOSPITAL AT SIDCUP, KENT, WAS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY TO DEAL WITH THIS TYPE OF INJURY. AN AUSTRALIAN FACIO-MAXILLARY SECTION WAS BASED THERE. (DONOR R. CROMPTON)