From Verdun to Kyiv, a century of war medicine for repairing disfigured soldiers
Le Monde · 11 Nov 2026

From Verdun to Kyiv, a century of war medicine for repairing disfigured soldiers

The disfigured faces and amputated bodies of soldiers wounded in Ukraine are a stark reminder of the countless men mutilated in World War I. To treat the unprecedented injuries inflicted on the soldiers by shells, doctors improvised using rudimentary tools and the skilled hands of a handful of pioneering physicians.


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