The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I

Today, plastic surgery is taken for granted, mostly as a way to maintain a youthful appearance, but its modern roots were developed as a result of the horrific facial damage inflicted on soldiers during WWI. This is the remarkable story of Harold Gillies, “who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers under his care.”  As with many innovators, Gillies ideas were questioned and at times thwarted.