The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-06-28
A CELLULOID NOSE.
How n San Franchise Dentist Repaired
the Ravages Of Time.


ths Ravsses Of Time.
A Kearney street dentist, who Is any
thing but old In years or his profession,
has performed the difficult artistic job OF
supplying a horribly disfgred human
face with an artificial hose and upper lip.
A reporter who had heard that the OPP
Grafton was 10 be performed called upon
the skillful practitioner and requested
permission 10 witness the achievement
OF science. The dentist consented 70
crafty bis visitors curiosity, and stated
that the patient was q Chinese woman,
whose nose and upper lip had been de-
stroyed by cancer. "She will be here
In few moments" said the dentist, and
almost Immediately the woman entered,
accompanied by man In Chinese attire
whose face offered incontrovertible evil
dence Of an admiIture Of Caucasian
blood. The woman held handkerchief
TO her face until she had taken her seat
in tho operating chair, when she re-
moved the cloth and displayed counte.
:ance inexpressibly horrible. She had
been once gcod.looking beyond the de-
gree Of comeliness usually displayed by
the Chinese women one sees In Calitor-
MIA, for her cheeks were round and her
eyes rather shapely. The disease had,
however, not only deprived her OF nose,
but had destroyed her upper teeth and
left the bones bare and surrounded by
fiightful cicatrices that ran through the
corners Of her mouth and up the bridge
Of the nose toward the eyebrows. To
make such q face presentable seemed
nn impossibility, but the task was per-
formed speedily and successfully. The
nose and lip had already been nodded in
celluloid from a plaster cast OF the face,
and, having been carefully colored, pre-
sented a most life-like appearance. The
dentist in molding the nose had to de.
pend entirely on his imagination, and
had modelled q thoroughly Asiatic one.
The artificial lineaments having been
prepared, there remained only the inter,
csting but difficult feat Of attaching
them. In supplying artificial noses it is
customary 10 attach them by spectacles,
but in the Chinese womans case such
All arrangement would have been impos-
sible, owing to the great size OF the dis
fgurement caused by the loss Of the lip
and teeth. The difficulty was overcome
by attaching q gold spring to the upper
jaw in the manner in which single teeth
are affixed. The spring ran up to where
the bridge Of the nose should have been,
and to this spring the artificial nose and
lip were attached by an India rubber
loop. The combined pressure OF the
spring and the Inds-rubber drew the
colluloid mask so close to the face that,
being nodded TO fit tho cheeks, it would
have looked quite natural but for the
lack of that transparency which living
tissue possesses. While the woman'i
countenance was in repose, the effect o
the work was remarkably good, and the
Transformation which II effected in hel
looks was so great that she eagerly seizet
the mirror offered by the dentist, and
looking at her reflection, she uttered nj
exclamation Of surprise and delight. Sh,
give the practitioner handful of ten
dollar pieces, and trotted of with he
half-cas escort, filled with satisfaction
at parting with wealth seldom shown b,
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