The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-07-14
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SATURDAY, JULY IA, 1858.
APROPOS OF BIG NOSES.

NesSVS, "DCSC III nOSC lids GCCH wv VI
torn off, aud being replaced has grown
fast again, recovering its ieopardized
functions. One of the earliest. 1850.
is related by the surgeon (Fi@oraventi,.
who happened to be near by when &
mans nose, having been cut of, had
fallen in the sand. He remarks that
he took it up, washed it. replaced it,.
and that it grew together.
He adds the address of the owner Of
the repaired nose, and requests any
doubter 10 50 and examine it for him
self. Regnanit, in the Gazette Salu-
taire, 17I4, tells ola patient whose nose
was bitten off by Il snusg;er. The own
er Of the nose wrapped it III Il cloth and
sought Rtgnault. who. "~nlthongh the
part was cold, reset it, and it bee anne
attached"
Although these eases call for more
credulity than most OF US have to spare,
yet later cases, published in tYustwor-
thy journals, wouid cor.oborate them.
In the Clinical Annals and Medical Ga
zette of Heidelberg, 1880, there are
sixteen similar cases cited by the sur
geon Or. Hofacker), who Was appoin
ted by the Senate to attend the duels
of the students.
1t seems a little strange, considering
how often the OPERATION of making "a
new nose has been performed in Ame,i
ca since DR.. j. Mason Warren, in 1897,
made the irst successful one in Boston,
that we never see one Probably none
of us here, save we have been medical
students, ever saw one. and yet nearly
every prominent surgeon in the coun-
try has performed the operation with
success several times.
False noses are made of papier ma
che. leather. tgold, silver and wax.
These last are fitted to spectacles or
springs, and are very difficult to distin-
guish from'a true nose.
Tycho Brahe lost his nose in a duel
and wore a golden one. which he attach
ed to his face with a cement he always
carried about.
1t is a little singular, though. how
long a period and down to what recent
times it has been the practice to cut off
the noses of criminals. How often ty-
ranny has amused itself with this occu
pationfor trivial offenses ! Rameses III.
used to cIt off the nose of any subject
accused of talking treason against him.
Actisanes. another ruler Of Egypt, had
a novel way of furnishing robbers. He
cut off their noses and colonized them
the robbers-in a desert place, which
he called Rhinoconun, from the nature
of the punishment of it's citizens. On
the other hand. and more humane, per
haps. was his punishment Of dishonest
butchers. It was unique. A hook was
put through their nose and d piece Of
meat was hung upon it.
In 1871, Charles II. had Lord Coven
try's (Keeper of the Seal of Englani>
nose cut off because he dared to ask in
Parliament aninquistive question about
some actresses of the day.
Later, Frederick the Greatshad no.
bleman's nose cut off because he protes
ted openly that he had been enrolled in
the army through fraud.
Criminals have been known to cut
off their nose to escape detection. Even
to-day We hear of such accounts as
this
Dispatches from Ireland report a
case in which a disguised band cut off
the nose of a man because in a poor law
guardian contest, he canvassed in oppo
sition to the candidate Of the Land Lea
guers."-[London, March q, 1852.
Within historical times there are re
cords of some wonderful noses. In the me
dals Of Cyrus and Artaxerxes, the tips
of their noses come out to the rim of
the coin. Antiochus VIII, wal an i'm
prince. They called him "Gry
pus," because his nose was as big and
hooked as a vulture's beak. But then
the ancient Persians permitted only the |
owners Of large noses to enjoy royal
honors. /
Mohammed's nose must have been q