He was injured in WW1-- "Antibiotics had not yet been invented, meaning it was very hard to graft tissue from one part of the body to another because infection often developed.
But while treating Able Seaman Willie Vicarage, doctors invented the “tubed pedicle”. This used a flap of skin from the chest or forehead and “swung” it into place over the face.
The flap remained attached but was stitched into a tube. This kept the original blood supply intact and dramatically reduced the infection rate. "
You either die of infection or you go around looking like some shit out of Star Wars but people didn't know what the fuck Star Wars was back then so they just said "That motherfucker's fucked up looking. I mean shit".
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