From Project Facade, a WWI silent film clip from sculptor Francis Derwent Wood's Masks for Facial Disfigurements Department, better known as the Tin Noses Shop. The masks were precise likenesses made from photographs of the soldiers before they were injured.
As the war progressed, men like New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies and American dentist Varaztad Kazanjian kickstarted the profession of plastic surgery with techniques they developed to restore soldiers' faces.
For plastic surgery being in its infancy, some of the guys came out looking very good indeed.
While these men dedicated their skills to the benefit of humanity, I wonder what they'd make of this (or this).
Never knew the connection. Nice to learn something new...thank you.
Like all things, even good things, there is always the possibility for abuse.