Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-18
- A PECULIAR PROPOSES.
Remarkable. Surgical Operation at
&a Bellevue Transforming The
~ Finger Ola Mans Hand W.
.vpgr. rv Into a Nose.
"PATIENT, PATItNr TOMMY
Now York Heard.

In one Of the wards Of Bellevue
Hospital, lying PROSTATE on acct with
his left hand covering his face, Her.
aid reporter yesterday saw a patient
who is there for the urpose of grow
ing a new nose. His name is Thomas
Coulter, and he is New Jerseyman
by birth In the hospital he is uni
versally known as Tommy At the
present time he is about twenty
years old, and Is young man of
splendid physique and excellent gen.
eral health. WheI he was about ten
years of age Tommy was struck by a
stick in the hands Of companion,
and the nose with which nature had
provided him sustained serious injury.
Being OF a pugilistic turn Of mind his
proboscis afterward came in contact
with other peoples fists, and the re.
suits were severe bruises on sundry
occasions. Owing to the exceptional
ly bad treatment to with Tommy 8
nasal organ was subjected it became
liberated inside, sometimes bled pro-
fusely, and finally was seized by a
disease of a most malignant type,
known as lupoid-a malady closely
related to cancer, which destroys
every tissue with which it comes in
contact while it is in active operation.
The consequence was that Tommy $
nose was entirely destroyed, and APP
parently there was no hope that he
would ever have another to come in
contact, with other mems fves. "a |
enow TdsIny lost HIS NOSE.
Tommy, however, did not give up
all hope. About two years ago, when
the disease was in It's most malignant
stage, and long after chance of
saving even part of the original or
gan had gone by he went to Bellevue
Hospital for treatment. The progress
of the disease was arrested, and Tom
my recovered, but his face was wo-
fully disfigured. In the nest promi-
nent part of his countenance there
was a depression instead of a protu-
berance. and all that was left Of his
smeller was the opening of the nos
Lrils. After thercure was effected, and
the wounded part, of the face healed
up. d sea-, formed, and being Of unu'
suaI'size,it contracted violently. The
of this contraction was
made apparent in the eyelids the
over lids being subjected to turn
ng out or inversion. which exposed
he mucous membrane of the eye.
70 relieve the tension of the face
,lastic operation was performed about
year ago, the operation proving so
uccessful that the eyes were restored
learly normal condition. The tension
o was not entirely relieved. however,
he scar between the eyes having
painfully contracted also, and a sep l
ration was foundsnecessary torelleve
{. The later OPERATION was perform-1
d about four months ago. Ills heal
a very rapidly and then Tommy .
lesire fora new nose became very n
Somehow he had heard of |
N English surgeon at Birmingham
up nose for one of Her
Isjesty subjects, and he importuned
he sugoen at Bellevue day after dayto
ry the experiment upon him. So ear
Sc were lIiseatre sties that at last the
peration was determined upon, His
ourage and endurance had been a.,
thoroughly tested in the successive ,,
operations to which he had been sub
ected, and it was felt that, if the =
operation could be successfully per-
ormed at all, it might be in this in
lance Accordingly preparations were
made forgit, and now it is fai toward
uccessful accomplishment. \
MIN ArIrW