Event Details

Talk Emily Mayhew author of Guinea Pig Club

Friday 30 November 2018

Start time: 19:00
Finish time: 22:00

www.eastgrinsteadbookshop.co.uk

Plastic surgery was in its infancy before the Second World War. The most rudimentary techniques were only known to few surgeons worldwide. The Allies were tremendously fortunate in having surgeon Archibald McIndoe  nicknamed the Boss or the Maestro operating at a small hospital in East Grinstead...

Join us at The Bookshop at 7pm on Friday 30th November  for a meet and greet drinks reception with Military Medical Historian Emily Mayhew, followed by a talk at Sackville College about this 'outstanding addition to expanding our knowledge of an area rarely discussed by historians': the work of Archibald McIndoe and The Guinea Pig Club. Tickets are £8 and available to purchase at The Bookshop. Booking is essential.

Dr Emily Mayhew specialises in the study of severe casualty. She is a research fellow in the division of  surgery at The Imperial College.

Tickets are £8 and available to purchase at The Bookshop. Booking is essential. If you have any queries don't hesitate to contact us on 01342 322669 or email us at sarah.bookshop@outlook.com.