The original caption may contain language which is historic and which may no longer be considered appropriate. It has been retained in the record in the interest of historical accuracy.
The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: “Bangour Hospital Scotland. Picture shows an abdominal tube pedicle to be used on the patient’s leg.”
The Bangour Village Hospital officially opened in 1906 as a psychiatric hospital. In both the First World War and the Second World War it was requisitioned for use as an emergency hospital and psychiatric patients were moved elsewhere; the hospital’s name was changed to the Edinburgh War Hospital for the duration of the Second World War before reverting to its original name. The Bangour Emergency Hospital, later the Bangour General Hospital, was built as a hutted complex in the hospital’s grounds during the Second World War and was run under the Emergency Hospitals Scheme. It has not been possible to differentiate between these hospitals in some photographs; in these instances a location of Edinburgh War Hospital has been assigned. The maxillofacial and plastic surgery unit and neurology unit at Bangour were among only a few units of their kind in the UK. A walking-stalk skin flap or waltzing tube pedicle involves forming a tubular pedicle of skin and soft tissue from a source on the patient’s body, which is then attached to the target area to be treated. The source end of the pedicle is periodically severed and reattached to enable it to ‘walk’ closer to the target site. The technique was invented by Harold Gillies; Archibald McIndoe of the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, developed the technique during the Second World War for treatment of war injuries. The method is now largely redundant due to surgical advances. See also MED01/01/2558-2584. High-resolution copies of this image are available for free for non-commercial use. Please Enquire to place an order.
This is part of the Series: MED01/01 Series of prints; within the Collection: MED01 Topical Press Agency Medical Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Topical Press Agency Limited
Photographer: Harrison, Norman Kingsley
Hospital, Health And Welfare
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