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23 Oct
Author: Lorca Jolene, Library, Museum Blog

A Note From the Library: Facial Reconstruction in the 1940s and the Guinea Pig Club

  • October 23, 2017
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Published by Lorca Jolene.  Tremendous advances in facial reconstructive and plastic surgery occurred during the 1940s due to the ...

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