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The First Step 



Captain Derwent Wood, 

 an English sculptor, has 

 worked out a method of 

 covering disfiguring scars 

 by metal masks painted in 

 life-like colors. The meth- 

 od is not new, but has 

 been greatly improved by 

 the sculptor. The first 

 step toward restoring the 

 patient's features consists 

 in making a plaster cast of 

 the parts to be covered by 

 the mask. This is a great 

 boon to the disfigured 

 fighter, although he may 

 well be proud of his scars 



Almost Finished 



The thin metal mask, 

 having been carefully 

 fitted and trimmed to the 

 proper size and shape, is 

 enameled and painted to 

 match the color of the 

 patient's skin. The pic- 

 ture shows Captain Wood 

 with the almost finished 

 mabk in his hand, about 

 to adjust it to tlie features 

 of the patient before him. 

 The means for fastening 

 the mask are still lacking 



The Rough Cast 



The masks are male bv 

 an electrolytic deposit of 

 pure copper upon a cast 

 of the features as they ar ■• 

 intended to appear. They 

 may also be made ot silver 

 or of some ailoy of silver 

 and copper. In the pi - 

 ture Captain Wood i 

 examining the rough 

 molded mask before it 

 trimmed, adjusted ar 

 finished by enameling and 

 painting. Great skill i^ 

 rc'iuired in order to matdi 

 perfectly the lineament - 

 and complexion of tlic 

 uninjured side of the fac- 



The Finishing Touch 



After all the prelimiii.iry 

 work is done and tlie mask 

 fully completed anil i>n>- 

 vided with the means of 

 fasteiiing it, the patient 

 puts it on and the sculp- 

 tor, who is also a painter, 

 inits the fiiii.-^liing touches 

 to his handiwork. One of 

 the most difiicult prob- 

 lems is to obliterate the 

 tell-tale border line where 

 the mask and the skin 

 meet. This is done by 

 careful retouching of the 

 painted surface. The 

 manner of holding the 

 mask in place depends 

 uiKin the conditions in 

 e.u'li individual case. In 

 this case it is held in place 

 by a pair of spectacles 



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