Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
lie kANaRA NosEmAkERs
Hindoos Thar Mend the Noses oc Their
Opium Eating Coub;rymsa

Hindoos Thar Mend the Masses Dc Their
Opium Eating Coubirymey.
correspondent OF the Allahahad Pic.
neer giv@ys an account of the kaugairas
a people who have long en- loved rem
tatIoL - Hosemakers- They live chiefly
in kangrd a small hill canton in the
i'unJaub Altogether there ure fourteen
families remaining out Of which only
two individuals are practical nosenaakers
Then reputation still remains Peope
come % them from the rcmotcst parts of
the FunIauh. and even Afyhanlstan
aculated hy the sole desire of having
then facial pronontory repaired or re
newed The kangra noSemakers con
slider then art a. one specially granted to
them by the great BaIreshivu Devi of
the place They therefore perform the
operation III strict secrecy The writer
says
1T was only with great difficulty that
| procured lie following information re-
speeding the modus operandi OF this plas-
tic operation for restoration of nose from
an old bald and habituM opium eater
My friend thinks nothing of daily con
Stunning forty five grains of opium. and
whenever he car afford, lust to keen
aglow the sunshine Of his mind. adds
considerable amount of bhane and charuS
(Capabis lndiCa, leaves and extracU and
arsenic. They say the bald is well versed
in the science of physic and astroIogv.
besides having a denizen of the other
world at his beck and call, by whose as
slstance he is able 10 open the gates of
the unseen When sent for to advise on
difficult cases. he never fails, before
going to summon and consult his ghostlv
servitoI As to the prngnoss of the disease
he is called TO cure In the event of an
unfavOrabe prognosls he declines to at
tend but furnishes his would be patient
with the exact date and hour of his de
mise,
The old bald. ii seems. was a kind of
family doctor or professor of medicine to
one OF the nose makers, and in this ca
paclty has more than once witnessed the
operation OF nose restoration He there
fore considers himself in possession of
the secret, if secret il is His narrative
ran thus After dragging their patient
with some narcotic, the Kangairas forth
with proceeded to paint the forehead
with medicated lotion as a preliminary
step. On asking the composition of this
lotion, the only answer vouchsafed was a
grave shake Of the head The next step
Is to cut piece of leather to the shape
and size of the required nose. This being
| done, it is placed on the forehead and
used to mark out the lines of incisOn.
Then they beat the forehead with an old
slipper until the part marked out be-
comes swollen and prominent. Zinc
tubes, with a plate between them to
serve the purpose of septum nasi. are
then lodged in the nOstrils. The next
proceeding is to dissect a flap of the
swollen flesh with a razor. leaving the
lower part attached to the forehead. In
dong this they take vein with a flap.
the name and position of which is pro
/ found secret known only to himself and
the nose makers. The success of the
operation depends entirely on the pre-
ServatiOn and careful dissection of this
secret vein. The next step was to turn
up the flap with the secret vein a partic-
ular way over the tubes. This being &C
compllshed. the other parts of the nose
are pared and fastened to it with silk lig-
allure, and the whole thing is brought 10
an end by the application of special
ointment
For several days, until the wound is
healed, tie patient must keep a recum-
bent position On union taking place
the piece y. Incl, 100 left attached TO tie
forehead Is severed, and the patient
| comes forth with a new born nose. |
ought to have mentioned that the re
moval of the zinc tubes is effected as
soon as convenient. Thus ended the mar
rative of the medical adviser to the nose
makers.
1T only remains now to inquire how
far their work is successful and if their
skill be on par with their reputation
That they have many opportunities of
exercising their profession is beyond
question. The wearing of balOo or nath
(nose ring) by the married women and
girls TO distinguish them from widows is
a source OF injury to the left ala nasi
This is specially the case with the hill
women of kangra, whose rings are faI
heavier than those of women dwelling in
the plains, consequently one often sees
the left ala naSi completely split open.
giving a more than slight Disagreement
and preventing the distinguishing mark
from being kept up Many of these
women make use of the nose makers
but, as far as my observation goes, and
have had many opportunities of seeing
their work have never seen a satisfac-
tory result On the contrary, have
known many cases where the operation
has simply left the woman in worse
plight than before. st James Gazette.