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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 1999;1:142-143.

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SIR HAROLD GILLIES', CBE, FRCS (Figure 1) interest in the treatment of nasal deformities and other facial abnormalities led him to become one of the founding fathers of facial plastic surgery early in the 20th century. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1882, he was educated at Wanganui College, Wanganui, New Zealand, and Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Gillies went on to St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England, to study the specialty of otolaryngology. Although he had no formal training in plastic surgery, Gillies distinguished himself by treating vast numbers of facial injuries during World War I.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Sir Harold Gillies, CBE, FRCS

With the advent of World War II, Gillies converted the private wing of the Park Prewett Hospital, Basingstoke, England, known as "Rooksdown House" (formerly the psychiatric wing), into a 120-bed plastic surgery unit. For 20 years, Gillies would perform thousands of procedures in the operating theatres . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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