The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-02-14
THE kANaRA NosEMAksas.

THE kANGRA NosEMAKERs.
aindoos That Mend the Noses Of T1ei,
Opium Eating Countrynen.
A correspondent of the Allallabad Pio
neer gives an account of the kangaras.
a people who have long enjoyed repu
tation as nosemakers. They live chiefly
in Kangra. small hill canton in the
Punjaub, Altogether there are fourteen
families remaining. out OF which only
two individuals are practical nosenakers
Their reputation still remains People
come to them from the remotest parts OF
the PunJaub, and even Afglianlstan,
actuated by the sole desire OF having
their facial pronnntory repaired or re
newed The Kangra noseinakers con
slider THEN art as one specially granted to
them by the. great BaJreshivu Devi OF
the place They therefore perform the
operation in strict secrecy. The writer
says,
1T was only with great difficulty that
| procured Tie following Information re-
specting the rnodus oterandi OF this plas-
tic operation for restoration of nose from
an old bald and habItu;iI opium eater
My friend thinks nothing of daily con-
summing forty five grains of opium. and
whenever he can afford, just to keep
agiow the sunshine of his mind, adds
considerable amount of biang and cllarus
(Capabis indica. leaves and extract) and
arsenic They say the baid Is well versed
in the science of physic and astrology.
besides having denizsn OF the other
world AT his beck and CALL by whose as
sistance he Is able to open the gates OF
the unseen When sent foi to advise on
difficult cases. he never fails, before
gong to summon and consult his ghostly
servitcI a. TO the prognosIs of the disease
he is called 10 cure In the event OF an
unfavCrabIe progriosis he declines to at
tend but furnishes his would be patient
with the exact date and hour of his de-
mise.
The old bald. il seems. was kind OF
family doctor or professor OF medicine to
one of the nose makers. and in this ca
pacity has more than once witnessed the
operation OF nose restoration He there
fore considers himself In possession of
the secret. if secret it is His narrative
ran thus After druggins their patient
with some narcotic, the kangairas forth
with proceeded to paint the forehead
with medicaled lotion as preliminary
step On asking the composition of this
lotion. the only answer vouchsafed was
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, il is placed on the forehead and
used to marx out the lines of incision.
Fhen they beat the forehead with an old
shipper until the part marked out be-
comes swollen and prominent. Zinc
tui'es. with plate between them to
! then lotiged in the nostrls. The next
! proceeding is TO dissect flap of the
swollen flesh with razor, leaving the
lower part attached to the forehead. In
doIng this they take a vein with flap.
the name and position of which is pro-
found secret known ouly 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 partic-
ulaf way over the tubes. This being ac-
co,npIisl,ed. tile other parts of the nose
are pared and fastened to ii with silk lig-
attire. and the whole thing is brought to
an end By the application of a special
! ointment.
For several days. until the wound is
iieaietl, Tie tdlle1t NluSt keep feculI-
tent position. On union taking place.
the piece which, was left attached to the
forehead is severed aid tine patient
comes forth with new born nose. |
ought to have mentioned that the re-
n.,val of the zinc tuixs Is effected as
soon as convenient. Thus ended the mar
| rative of the medical adviser to the nose
makers.
lit only remains now to inquire how
/ far their work is successful and If their
| skill he on par with their reputation.
That they have many opportunities of
exercising their profession is beyond
| Question The wearing of baleo 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 far
heavier than those Of women dwelling in
! the plains. consequently one often sees
| the left ala nasi completely split open,
giving 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 satisfac-
| tory result. On the contrary, ! have
known many cases where lne operation
has simply left the woman in a worse
| plight than before. ST. James Gazette.
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