Word: vilray
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...made necessary by the unusual number of jaw fractures and face injuries which occurred in the early intensive trench warfare. Lieutenant Colonel Vilray P. Blair, St. Louis surgeon, noted that few men were trained to treat such injuries, and organized the "Maxillo-IFacial Service" in the U. S. Medical Corps, consisting of teams or units, each composed of a surgeon, an assistant and a dentist. Special schools were organized, men were sent into the French and British hospitals for observation, and eventually a maxillofacial team was assigned to each base hospital center. Much of the success of such work depends...
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