Emily Mayhew talks about Kiwi surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe

New Zealand-born plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe was ground-breaking in his field. McIndoe was civilian consultant in plastic surgery to the RAF and his improvement on treatments to casualties disfigured by horrific burns received in combat transformed reconstructive surgery procedures. He was knighted for his work in 1948 and died in 1960. His patients were a tight-knit group dubbed The Guinea Pig Club. The Guinea Pig Club: Archibald McIndoe and the RAF in WW2 is a book by military medical historian Dr Emily Mayhew, a research fellow at London's Imperial College.

Military medical historian Dr Emily Mayhew, who specialises in the study of severe casualty. She is a research fellow in the division of surgery at the Imperial College, London.

Archibald McIndoe joins his patients at the Whitehall. (Archives of the Museum at the Queen Victoria Hospital at East Grinstead.)

Guinea Pig Club memorial: A town's fitting tribute.

Dr Archibald McIndoe in theatre. (Archives of the Museum at the Queen Victoria Hospital at East Grinstead.)

Dr Emily Mayhew's book.