The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-27

cut a triangle of skin from the fore
head and bring IL down over the false
bridge. The edges are inserted in Sits
made on each side. when. in the course
of time. being alive and retaining life
from the natural circulation of the
blood. the piece grows fast. and a per-
fecc nose Is the result
This is called the Indian method Of
treatment. and. although IL leaves a
scar on the forehead II is not as pain
full as the Italian method. In this lat
ter the skin is grated from the arm.
but In order to preserve the circulation
that member is bent up with the fore
arm on top of the head and securely
bound there and kept in position until
the parts have grown together. This
operation Is very painful and is not
often used
The nose is a queer organ, anyway,
and has a way of getting into con-
slant trouble. Strange stories are told
about noses. but DR.. Dieffenbach. q
learned surgeon: in book on plastic
surgery. tells of a man who had his
nose bitten or in a fight and was at
once taken to the hospital He was
told there that IL he would go back to
the scene of the fight and find his nose
II could be put back on and be as good
as ever. The man did go. and he was
just In time. too. AS he reached the
oPOt q ucs ndu SeiZtu upon III ana was
making of with IL. The owner finally
secured II, and the surgeons were as
good as their word. Although several
hours had passed, the nose was re-
placed and the man experienced no
dfmculty or Inconvenience from the
accident.
Next in order are the squints OF the
eyes. This is distressing deformity.
q very common one. and withal one
that can be easily remedied. The move
ment Of the eyes are controlled by
four muscles. One of these muscles
may be too weak or too strong, and
must be made to act equal. The opera
ton is simple. The patient need not
be laid up for a day. and there is not
the slightest danger to the sight in. its
performance. The Strengthening or q
pair of almond-shaped eyes is not so
easy, but 1t can readily be done. In
this case an oval portion of skin is
cut of the nose directly between the
eyes. This spot Is then covered by
drawing the edges together, which has
the effect of pulling the eyes down in
to their proper position.
If the people only knew how easy
some of these operations are they GER
tainly would not suffer from deform-
tiles, as many do all their lives. All
kind of warty excresences, wens. ETC.,
can easily be removed, and without
putting the patient to sleep. A local
anaesthetic is used, either cocaine or
freezing. This latter is most often en-
ployed, as 1t is the simplest. A piece
of ice with some salt rubbed four or
i've times on the afflicted spot will
freeze IL. and remove all possibility of
feeling, when the operation can be
safely performed.
Birthmarks or the red splashes on
the face also succumb to treatment,
though in some cases there is difficult
ty, and IL in the angle of the eye the
is more or less danger to the sight. The
most certain remedy is in the use of
the knife. though the electric needle
is very effective. This means is also
employed in removing an excessive
growth of hair on the female face.
While of course accident is the cause
of much of the deformity in the hu-
man frame and face. nature plays
some scandalous freaks, and the lack
of care with children is another source
of trouble. 1t Is no uncommon thing
to see a person with the upper jaw
and the teeth protruding, while the
lower jaws seem shrunken or to re-
cede. This. in 80 cases out of 100, is
caused by child sucking its thumb.
Some children are persistently addict
ed to this habit, and II is only with
difficulty and close watching they can
is inserted with the nail inside and the
ball out, while the first joint presses
against the lower lip. Keeping this
habit. up will naturally fone the upper
Jaw and teeth out, while the lower
jaw becomes much depressed. The di-
rection can be quickly given, and in a
growing child that direction quickly
becomes a fixed condition. The result
will readily bo seen when the child has
become full grown. Thanks, how
ever, to dental surgery, this deformity
can be remedied-in fact, absolutely
removed.
Another cause of the defects in the
mouth or the jaws is the absence of the
proper number of teeth or in having
too many. But whatever the troubIen
may be, the expert dental surgeon can
remove IL, and a distorted, homely face
be made into fairly good-looking one.
Experts say the best time to operate