The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-27
SURGERY FOR FACES.
What Can BE Done to Make Ugly People
Pretty.


From the Chicago Times Herald
What seemed to be almost miracles
are now performed in the operations of
plastic and dental surgery. IL a man
is not satisfied with his nose, II II be
too much Of a Roman to suit his face
he can have IL made over into a deli
cate Grecian. Should the eyes be af-
fiicted with a horrible squint. or be
almond shaped or otherwise unnatural,
they can be corrected with simplicity
of operation that almost causes a smile
when the method of operation is
known. Let IL be what IL may, a mis-
shapen limb or a hiedous face, the re-
suit of either a freak of nature or an
accident. the means of Strengthening
the one and identifying the other is at
hand.
AS regards the face the hare lip is
the most common defect. This trouble
is due to the failure of union between
the margins of the maxillary and the
front nasal bone. 1t not only causes a
total Disagreement of the face, but II
makes speaking an unpleasant mat
ter, both for the speaker and the hear
err. The defect is ordinarily seen on
the upper lip, and Is often double, the
lip on both sides of the center being
painfully drawn UP. Bad as IL looks
and inconvenient as II Is, the remedy
is as simple as can be imagined. 1t
merely consists of a triangular incis-
ion made under the nostril. A silk lig-
allure is then put through the incision
and drawn downward. This inverts
the flap and brings together the oppos-
ing surfaces, which may at once be
secured by sutures. A slight projection
is left on the border of the lip. but it
soon disappears. The operation for
the double hare lip is practically the
same, entailing little more work for
the knife. The hare lip deformity Is
seldom found on the lower lip, and
when 1t is, it extends down on the chin,
practically dividing 1t. This, however.
can be remedied as easily as the other
Next to the hare lip I'm the line of
frequency comes the absence or de-
formity of the nose as congenital de-
feet In the making of the nasal or
gan plastic surgery has achieved won
ders. The bow in a Roman nose can
be effectually reduced. This operation
is performed entirely from the inside
The instrument is introduced into the
nostril and the bone cut away, great
care being taken not to fracture the
skin. This surplus cuticle readily con-
tracts, and, accommodating itself to
the reduced space II is required to
cover, the bridge of the nose is left en-
tirely smooth on the surface, while a
straight and comely organ has been
The same operation may be per-
formed on a pug, or turned-up nose.
This work is also done from the in
side Enough of the cartilage on the
tip is taken away to reduce the excess
sive protuberance and the same result
as in the case of the bow is attained.
But the making of a new nose to
take the place of the missing one is
a different matter. 1t is easy to form
the organ in any size or shape desired
out of celluloid or aluminium, or even
pasteboard, and have them fastened
by adhesion or held on by spectacles,
but they are not good noses The
owner can not blow them. and IL some
one should, in a moment of excessive
hilarity, tweak one. IL would be likely
to come of. Surgeons. however. now
make noses which perform all the
functions of the natural organ. After
the solid portion is completed IL is. of
course, necessary to have IL covered
with cuticle. This is done in various
ways. The most ordinary matter is to