The Guinea Pig Club – BBC Four, 21 October 2016

Professor Iain Hutchison features in The Guinea Pig Club documentary on BBC Four.

The ‘Guinea Pigs’ was a social club and support network for British and allied aircrew injured during the World War II. Its membership was made up of patients who had undergone experimental reconstructive plastic surgery including facial reconstruction, which has had a profound impact on modern medicine today.

You can view a clip from the documentary here.

 

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