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Archibald McIndoe

Sir Archibald McIndoe (1900-1960) was a plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during World War II who greatly improved the treatment and rehabilitation of badly burned aircrew.

Archibald McIndoe was born in Dunedin New Zealand and arrived in London in 1930 as a surgeon. His cousin, Sir Harold Gillies, a plastic surgeon, suggested he took a job at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. He also became a consultant in Plastic Surgery to the RAF and when war broke out he moved to the Queen Victoria Hospital.

He not only developed new techniques for treating badly burned faces and hands but also recognised the importance of the rehabilitation of the casualties and particularly of social reintegration back into normal life. Patients at the hospital formed the Guinea Pig Club.

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