Last year, I had to cut my book tour short due to #breastcancer. I'm on the mend and am currently cancer free! The paperback of my book #TheFacemaker comes out next month, and I'll be back to doing events.

First up: I'll be at the
Imperial War Museums in London on June 20th. Ticket includes an after-hours tour of #WWI galleries. Register: https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-in-conversation-with-lindsey-fitzharris-i-the-facemaker

#histodons #histodon #booksigning #author #amwriting #nonfiction #history #London

The hematologist Oswald H. Robertson pioneered the idea of "blood banks" in #WWI by packing glass jars of citrated blood from universal donors in an ice-filled chest that he constructed from ammunition cases. He convinced countless others to donate blood, too. Learn more about this in my book #TheFacemaker.

#histmed #histsci #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon #histodons #histodon #DYK

It's wonderful to see my book #TheFacemaker listed as one of the @guardian's "Best Science Books of 2022!"

There are some other great titles on this list, including one of my favourites, AN IMMENSE WORLD, by Ed Yong. Check it out for #holiday gift ideas.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/03/best-science-books-of-2022?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670068856

#gift #giftideas #holidays #books #bookclub #bookdon #author #writer #writerslife #writers #history

I was feeling pretty low thinking of all I've had to put aside to focus on my health since my #breastcancer diagnosis.

I said to @TealCartoons, "I've done a bad job promoting my book recently." And he replied, "You've done a great job staying alive."

Then, I saw #TheFacemaker listed on @NPR, alongside some other wonderful titles: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/30/1139749381/best-books-2022-maureen-corrigan-fresh-air

This is the bookplate that I designed for my wife, @DrLindseyFitzharris, to be used in concert with her book, The Facemaker. It tells the story of Harold Gillies, the pioneering surgeon who reconstructed the faces of injured soldiers of World War One. It seemed apt to post it on #ArmisticeDay.

#WorldWarOne #TheFacemaker #artist #mastoart #artistonmastodon #histodons #RemembranceDay

This mask from #WWI protected tank crews against "bullet splash" caused by explosions as the tank came under fire. Tanks—which first appeared in September 1916—also left their crews susceptible to burns due to unprotected gas tanks which could ignite when hit.

Lieutenant Stanley Cohen remembered trying to pry open an escape hatch that had been jammed when his tank had been hit by a shell. He eventually escaped, but was severely disfigured.

Read more about him in my latest book #TheFacemaker.