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  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    Captain Derwent Wood RA of the RAMC holds an artist's palette as he adds the finishing touches to a patient's new facial plate. He is trying to make the mask blend in as much as possible to the patient's skin and make it look as life-like as possible.

  • THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD) IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD) IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "GUILFOYLE (MR)" (photographs) 1914

    Group of Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) members at the 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance (Jesmond Road, Newcastle), Royal Army Medical Corps. The Royal Army Medical Corps was supplemented by the efforts of several voluntary organisations. In 1909-1910...

  • THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD) IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD) IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "GUILFOYLE (MR)" (photographs) 1914

    Portrait photograph of Vera Henzell, Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) member. Vera Henzell received her certificate in Home Nursing from the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England, Ambulance Department (as part of the Red Cross Organisation of the...

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    Captain Francis Derwent Wood RA puts the finishing touches to a cosmetic plate and compares it to the face of the disfigured patient for whom the plate is being made. Derwent Wood was a sculptor who had joined the Royal Army Medical Corps.

  • Study for 'Patient Suffering from Frostbite', Burghclere 1932 Study for 'Patient Suffering from Frostbite', Burghclere 1932

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA) 1932

    image: an orderly bandages the left foot of a bedridden frostbite victim. A metal framework supports the blankets over the patient's legs, allowing air circulation and preventing direct contact. A kidney dish lies on the bed next to his right foot....

  • Collection: STEVENS JOHN (MR) Collection: STEVENS JOHN (MR)

    (photographs) Made by: Unknown Photographer

    Photographic postcards of groups and individual British Army personnel from the First World War. These include the Signals Section of 2nd Mounted Brigade; Private P W Davy of 'C' Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers at Parkhouse Camp and Private...