George F. Crikelair

A medical doctor, Crikelair was a pioneering plastic surgeon who worked to repair debilitating injuries. But in the 1950s, after working on a number of burned children, Crikelair realized that fixing burns wasn't as good as preventing them in the first place. Moved by "the magnitude of the burns from clothing, burns that often exceeded 50 percent of the body, burns that were certainly life-threatening," says colleague Dr. Stanley Klatsky, Crikelair worked to set national standards on the flammability of clothing. He helped draft the Flammable Fabrics Act, which required certain clothing, especially children's pyjamas, to resist catching fire. "Through his influence, many potential burn victims were saved," Klatsky says. After a teaching career at Columbia University, Crikelair retired in 1977. He died February 24 after a stroke. He was 84. From This is True for 27 February 2005 Suggestions for further reading: Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies by Marina S. Kurian, Barbara Thompson, Brian K. Davidson Amazon Price: $14.95 Customer Review: I recently had this surgery and was looking for another source of information for my "library". This is the perfect edition.   Before & After, Revised Edition: Living and Eating Well After Weight-Loss Sur... by Susan Maria Leach Amazon Price: $11.51 Customer Review: I like the recipes in this book. Some ingredients in the book you have to go out and search for. I like the recipes that have ingredients I have in my pantry already.   A More Beautiful You: Reverse Aging Through Skin Care, Plastic Surgery, and L... by Dr. Robert M. Freund FACS Amazon Price: $13.57   Plastic Surgery Without the Surgery: The Miracle of Makeup Techniques by Eve Pearl Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: This is a very informative book and the techniques and photos are very good. But unless you're willing to spend a lot of time sculpting your face with a lot of product, including a lot of heavy coverage product, you will be disappointed. If you, like...   Redesigning 50: The No-Plastic-Surgery Guide to 21st-Century Age Defiance by Oz Garcia Amazon Price: $21.24 Customer Review: Oz Garcia is and always has been way way ahead of the curve. His level of research and innovation is impressive. And he tells all in this book. Really! Everything anyone would need to know to feel and look 10 years younger is all here. I found page a...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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