Story: Medical research

Great War Story: Henry Pickerill and Harold Gillies

This short film about the work of plastic surgeons Henry Pickerill and Harold Gillies in the First World War was one of the Great War stories which screened on TV3 in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of war. The First World War provided a tragic but opportune chance to research and practise this branch of medicine.

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Derek Dow, 'Medical research - Early days, 1890s to 1930s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/45802/great-war-story-henry-pickerill-and-harold-gillies (accessed 11 May 2024)

Story by Derek Dow, published 22 Oct 2014