BRILLIANT SURGERY
ISIRL'S FEATURES RESTORED PRAISE FOR SIR HAROLD GILLIES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 17. Twelve-year-old Cynthia Wilson, whose head and face were so badly smashed in a motor accident that the nurses prayed for her death, has been restored to her normal appearance by Sir Harold Gillies, a New Zeajander. “ Jt i§ one of the finest jobs Sir Harold has done,” said counsel at Bucks Assizes, which granted the girl £I,OOO damages and costs. [Sir Harold Gillies, who is plastic surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, was born in Dunedin in 1882.]
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Evening Star, Issue 21931, 18 January 1935, Page 9
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93BRILLIANT SURGERY Evening Star, Issue 21931, 18 January 1935, Page 9
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