Henry Gray, Surgeon of the Great War. Saving Lives in a Theatre of Destruction

We have categorised this book in the "Medical"" category as opposed to "Autobiography & Biography" as it is about one surgeon's undoubted major contribution to the advancement of trauma treatment in war conditions, which advanced surgery to a much enhanced level. Had it not been for the war, this would not have happened, and Gray contributed very significantly to this advance. That said, this is a true biography. Scotland, a noted orthopaedic surgeon himself, wrote all but two of the chapters, those were written by Gray's great-niece, fleshing out the story to give a more rounded description of Gray's life. Sadly, after the war, Gray became involved, accidentally, in a dispute between two prominent Canadians. His career never recovered, and to some extent he remains one of the unsung heroes of the Great War.