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��A Shell's Work

Altliouvjli the work of Captain Wood is by no means confined to war injuries, the majority of liis patients are men who were distiKured by more or less serious in- juries received in the war. The picture below shows a young British soldier who was hit between the eyes by a shell splinter. See the transforma- tion wrought by the mask, in the picture to the right

�� �� ���Only Imitations

The stock-in-trade of this human repair shop is of a varied nature. Masks in every stage of completion, ears, eyes, noses, chins or other parts of the features are the most common speci- mens in evidence. Spec- tacles arc often cm- ployed as a convenient means of unobtrusively fastening the metal masks so as to cover the disfiguring scar caused by injury or disease

���A Sculptor's Idea

The officer shown stand- ing in the picture, palette hand, is Captain I'rancis Derwent Wood, the English sculptor, who enlisted in the British army in May, 1915. He entered the hospital serv- ice and soon was placed in charge of the splint room of one of the military hos- pitals in London. His ex- perience there suggested to him the thought that art could be of great help in extending and perfect- ing the efforts of plastic surgery. The govern- ment encouraged him and he was given an opportun- ity to develop his method

��With the Mask

The picture above shows the British soldier of the picture on the left, as he appeared wearingthe mask rrade for him by Captain Wood. It is held in place by the spectacle frame and completely hides the terribly disfiguring scar which the shell-splinter wound left between the young man's eyes. It is so perfectly made that it is almost impossible to see where the mask ends and the natural tissue begins

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