Tonks Illustration Case 1

In this case (image 1), Tonks has made a pencil drawing in theatre, then overlain with ink in three colours.

It illustrates the soldier in image 2, injured by shrapnel who has lost the form and shape of his nose.

The bridge of the nose is reconstructed with a sheet of celluloid, supported at the tip by a strut made from an unknown material. It is inserted via two access flaps of skin, one in the glabella and one on the tip, subsequently sutured closed.

Image 3 shows a good early result

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However, the last image (image 4) demonstrates the celluloid construct eroding through the nose tip. The reconstruction thus failed.