The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-18
NOSES OF ALUMINIUM.
How a Boston Dentist Makes Them t.

How a Boston Dentist Makes Them to
Order.
The accidents and diseases to which the
nasal and other organs are liable are much
more numerous than the ordinary thinker
supposes, and the number of people TO be
met with who are wearing false ears or
noses. without the knowledge of any but
their most intimate friends, would prove
quite surprising if it could be made known.
The old manner of attaching a false nose
to the face was by means of eye gasses and
the substances used were either wax, celu-
loid, wood, porcelain or vulcanite. The
aforementioned substance was mostly in
favor because of its llghtness, strength and
small liability to injury. After being vul-
canized the piece was painted by an artist
in oil cOlOrs rs near the color of the skin
of the intended wearer as it was posi-
bic to get 1t. or course, the great objec
ton was the wearing of the glasses. Few
persons cared to lnjure their organs of
vision even to cover up facial deformity.
Springs had been tried but were not in gen.
eral use up to within very short period,
owing to the supposition that they would
Interfere with circulation or cause irritation
resulting in inflammation or absorption of
the tissues.
All the old methods have been superseded
by Boston dentist, who has invented 4
whole nose or ear may be attached to the
head and face aud be passed or the street
without detection by the ordinary pedes-
trian, but any small portion of either may
be affixed IN the same manner In chat
with a Herald reporter about the matter
lately, the gentleman referred to said:
1t was mere accident my giving my at
tentiun to the matter at all. A friend OF
mine had lost his nose through an ulcer
ated tooth, and asked me to try and make
him | nnnh TINA tn a ms
and finally succeeded in making him nose
that fitted his nose so snugly, and gave him
SO little trouble that to say lie was delighted
with it would be putting it mildly. The
greatest trouble experienced was in getting
the artificial nose painted natural color,
and for that purpose my friend was obliged
to pass considerable time in an artists
chair. He is not in this city now, and the
people where he now resides would not be-
lieve him if he told that he was wearing
false one.
Il next experimental on making an ear.
and | remember that my first patient was q
young man whose folks had lived in the
country when he was an infant, where one
day an older sister carried him out into a
field and left him to play, when hog came
along and got in a little playful sport by
chewing off one of the baby's ears. This
ear proved an entire success, and had ap-
pications for others. The next applicant
for an ear had had one bitten Off in street
thrown from splky and had an ear sew
cred RS cleanlY as if with knife.
mo, do not use any of the old materials;
| make my noses and ears Of aluminium on
account Of the lghtness of that material;
they are then covered with muslin, which is
aiterward painted
Five times out OF seven the loss OF the
nose is caused by aoscesS teeth (abscess
centrals), which break just inside the nos
trls; the disease then attacks the bone,
which decays very rapidly. Sometimes
portion of it is saved. but this is the eXcep-
ton and not the rule.
at is possible to adjust a portion of
nose or ear with such nicely and have it
painted so nearly to resemble the skin that
covers other portions of the face that you
might pass person wearing such dozen
times a week on the street and still not de-
tect it. There are dozens of people to be
met with on the streets daily who are wear
ing some such appliance, and many of them
have been doing so so long that they have
almost forgotten the fact themselves