Walter Yeo
Nov. 25, 2024
TIL that in 1917, WWI soldier Walter Yeo became the first person to undergo plastic surgery. He was given new eyelids with a 'mask' of skin grafted across his face and eyes : Search for family of Walter Yeo, the first ever plastic surgery patient | Daily Mail Online DDARKIVESn surgery took place in the United Kingdom: In 1917, Harold Gillies performed a flap graft on Walter Yeo after he discovered a way to make the body resilient enough to withstand Walter Yeo
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