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HMS Malaya
HMS Malaya was built by Armstrong Ship Builders, and launched 18th March 1915. She took part in the Battle of Jutland. and sustained eight hits, and took eight weeks for repairs. During World War Two, she was in the Mediterranean during 1940 and took part in operations against the Italian Fleet.
more...Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
An imaging technique used in diagnosing certain diseases. Using electromagnetic radiation, images can be obtained of the internal soft tissues such as the brain, spinal cord and other major organs.
more...Sir Archibald McIndoe, Rainsford Mowlem and the Guinea Pig Club
On the outbreak of World War Two, Harold Gillies and his colleague Tommy Kilner were joined by surgeons Archibald McIndoe, (who was a cousin of Gillies) and Rainsford Mowlem. The re-opening of Sidcup was mooted, but dismissed as at risk from bombing, and the plastic surgery service was split up on service lines.
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