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Photograph of Jack Penn in colour.

Obituary of Jack Penn MB.BCH; FRCS; MBE; PHD (HON); SM; OMSG, appearing in The Judean in December 1997, written by his son John Penn.

Photograph of Jack Penn as a young man.

Photograph of Jack Penn in his doctor's rooms.

Photograph of Jack Penn in his office.

Photograph of Jack Penn, the Plastic Surgeon.

Photograph of Jack Penn smiling.

Photograph of Jack Penn looking pensive.

The Jack Penn Photograph Series contains portraits of Dr Jack Penn. Dr Penn was a plastic surgeon who established military hospitals and provided relief for many victims of war.

South African Jewish Museum archives a greatly fascinating collection about Jack Penn, who was a Plastic Surgeon.

According to his son John Penn, Jack Penn was blessed with a wonderfully artistic eye and ability. He enjoyed hobbies of sculpting, drawing and painting. He grew up in Cape Town and then Johannesburg and received his medical education at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Jack Penn established a Reconstructive Surgical Unit during the Second World War. He also established the Brenthurst Military Hospital during the war where thousands of servicemen were treated for burns, gunshot wounds and other injuries. He developed the first Journal of Plastic Surgery in the English language, the Brenthurst Papers. During the Israeli War of Independence in 1948, he established a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service and continued to work on casualties in that country for many years thereafter. He worked with Dr Albert Schweitzer in Lamborene, Gabon, developing reconstructive techniques to rehabilitate lepers. He went to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1956 as part of an international effort to rehabilitate the long term victims of the Atomic Bomb in those cities.

He taught and operated as a visiting professor at many academic centres in the USA, Europe and Asia, passing on his skills and experience to others.

This is a fascinating collection on Jack Penn, the Plastic Surgeon who was a leading member of his profession. He established military hospitals and provided relief for many victims of war.

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