The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-17

my experience In making over noses known
Of an instance where evil effects have fol-
flowed the operations. Modern antisaptic
appliances have reduced the dangers of this
kind or surgery to a minimum, and the
rapidity with which the wounds heal is an
other element that insures success"
ibid you really mean it when you said a
few minutes ago that doctor can make a
woman's mouth smallerp the visitor in
Quired in dubious tone,
"Mean itr retorted the surgeon, "Of
course l do. It Is another OF those feats
that are easy enough when you know how.
1t has been tried with success, The method
is to cut the flesh Of the mouth both out
side and inside along the edge Of the YER
million border Of the lip at the corners of
the mouth. A small section OF this verlnil-
lion flesh IL removed by dissection, and the
edges OF the lips are then drawn together
at the corners and sewed together and al
lowed TO heal as in other operations. The
| healing process occupies less than week
sometimes. But, while the operation Is &C.
| comphshed by simple means, its success as
to appearance depends upon the skill of the
surgeon. 1t is an operation OF the most
delicate description, and the greatest care
has to be taken in junging OF the amount
OF flesh 20 be dissected from the lips. Re-
GENTLY was called upon. to enlarge the
mouth OF an insurance broker in this CITY.
His mouth had become sore at the corners,
and when the violent Inflammation had sub
sided he found that his lips had become
drawn at the corners of the mouth so that
he could not open bis mouth as wide or as
readily as before. l cut into the flesh at
the corners Of the mouth, and disseoted
away a small section of the flesh after res
moving the outer and inner skin from the
parts that proposed TO take away. Then
drew the layers of the outer cuticule to
QAkh0F and aavUad than tOOathaF TbaU
healed in three days, ald the broker was
able Co use his mouth at freely as before it
became diseased. 1t was a mere reversal
OF the operation by which the size of the
mouth is reduced.
"Dermatology has Furthermore supplied
quite recently the means of successfully
remedYing deformity OF the ear. Ears
that project from the head In an unsightly
way, or which have low hanging lobes that
mar the owners personal looks, are readily
restored to a normal appearance. The I'M
couth projection Of the ear from the head
is corrected by cutting the flesh of the ear
at the point where it joins the head, and
then making an elliptical dissection and re-
moving a section Of the cartilage near the
head. The severed edges OF the ear about
the wound are drawn together and sewed.
The surplus Of cartilage that made the ear
pro ect from the head having been removed,
the ear, when it heals, is no longer un-
slightly, and rests close to the head. A
V-shaped dissection Of the outer edge Of
the ear and the removal of small section
OF the cartilage will similarly remedy the
defect Of the misshaped lobe.
I'm short }" said the surgeon 10 conclu-
sion, "dermatology has now attained to
such perfection that its possibilities are al
most Iimitless. With the skin-grafting
method. now practiced with such success,
it is possible to completely change the ex-
preston of the human face. Literally, all
that a man or woman who doesn't like the
face he or she possesses need do to secure
oontentment is to go to the doctor and get
new face, for. as you know, the nose and
mouth and ears have more TO do with
identifying or marring the countenance
than anything elsa excepting the eyes. No
one need put up with unoouth features who
will appeal to the improved surgery of to-
day. It corrects the seeming errors of
nature and makes plain faces pretty with
success that Is marvellous.