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An overlooked New Zealand medical pioneer

Mark Derby focuses on Douglas Jolly’s wartime surgical work in Spain, tracing his career after the Spanish Civil War through his distinguished service in World War II and into his civilian life as medical director of Britain’s largest hospital for amputees.

"Grim, Victorian, notorious, for 150 years Mount Eden Prison held both New Zealand's political prisoners and its most infamous criminals. Te Kooti, Rua Kenana, John A. Lee, George Wilder, Tim Shadbolt and Sandra Coney all spent time in its dank cells. Its interior has been the scene of mass riots, daring escapes and hangings"--Back cover.