Wallace, Alexander B. (1906-1974)

Born 1906.

Plastic surgeon, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.

Wallace's Rule of Nines

A simple method for estimating the extent of a burn;

• Head 9%
• 2 * Upper limb 9%
• 2* Lower limb 2*9%
• Front of trunk 2*9%
• Back of trunk 2*9%
• Perineum 1%