Article ID: CBB000932672

Broken Faces: Reconstructive Surgery during and after the Great War (2010)

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Amongst the most terrifying injuries experienced by the soldiers during the First World War (1914--1918) were facial wounds. The French Medical Corps took photographic portraits of these wounded men, the so-called gueules cassées, with a view to conducting reconstructive surgery. However, other groups were quick to use the images they produced for their own political, social or artistic purposes. These photographs then, with their many meanings, capture the diversity of attitudes towards the Great War in its aftermath.

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Authors & Contributors
Calzolari, Ettore
Fabbricatore, Fabio
Ruoppolo, Giuseppe
Fusco, Roberta
Novello, Marcello Giovanni
Tonina, Enrica
Concepts
World War I
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Medicine
Surgery
Plastic surgery
Science and war; science and the military
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Turin (Italy)
New Zealand
Institutions
Red Cross Societies
Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
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