The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-23
MENDING MANKIND.
Marvellous Results Achieved by
the Modern Surgeon.
A Nossless Man Has One of His Fingers
Trxnsplanted to His Face and
Man Who Lives without
Face.

that it is apt to suffer severely wnen
there is anything of a. 'smash-up," and
it accordingly happens that surgical
skill is very frequently called upon TO
patch up broken noses, and sometimes
even to plant a nose where there is none.
One case, likely to be long known as
"the blackbird case," is recorded from
the London Royal Free hospital. A sery-
ant girl was brought in with her nose
smashed by hydraulic lift coming in
contact with it. The surgeon sent out
for q blackbird, took out the breast bone
and managed to insert it where the
broken cartilage had been, with COM
plete success in restoring the maids
former appearance.
A severe task was set for the surgeons
of another London hospital by an un-
fortunate individual who, having by de-
fault of nature no nose at all, wanted
to be furnished with one. Willing to
oblige him, an amputated finger of an
other patient was grated on his face,
but it was found that amputation had
caused the finger to die, and it failed
to take.
The undaunted "noseless" man then
agreed to the surgeons suggestion that
one of his own (the patient's) fingers
should be cut off to furnish the missing
nasal organ, but IN order that the finger
should not be wasted, should the opera
ton prove unsuccessful, the patients
arm was inclosed in plaster, and for
four weeks he had to hold his finger
to his face, in the hope of its taking
root.
It ultimately did, aud was then cut
Oft from the hand, and now remains
fixed as a nose, having been so manipl-
lated that it can no longer be recoe-
nized as a finger, and the process OF
shaping it is proceeding, so that ulti-
mately what is expected to be very
paseable nose will be the result.
There was recently seen at the Paris
academy of medicine young woman
70 whom DR.. Berger, the eminent French
surgeon, had supplied an entire under
lip in place Of the one nature had given
her, which she had accidentally lost
he had made good the loss with piec:
Of flesh cut from her arm, and had &C
complished the substitution with re-
,narkable skill. There was no appar-
cnt Disagreement about the mouth, and
The lip was red and quite natural look
ing.
The French, when they wish colo
1uially to refer to something that does
not exist, use the phrase San army pen
<ioner with an artificial head"-much
Is we speak of the "horse Marines" o-
Is, on the continent, of "Swiss adj
niral." But there has now been found
something very like the first-named
,henomenon, for in village near Lii:
there lives retired artillcryman named
Moreau, who was a hero on the French
side of the war of 1870.
In action he was wounded by shell
which exploded right in his face. lie
-as cared for by the surgeons, who were
much astonished to find him still alivt
t the end of four days. Nothing re-
NAMED uninjured of his face but the
orehead and jaw. An operation was
arformed, and no fewer than 25 pieces
bone were taken out of the wounded
art. A wax mask was resorted to tn
de the hideous cavity in his face. Mo-
,au recovered and for years piled the
eovernment with petitions to be sup
lied with platinum mask, which he a
asst got some ten years ago. 1t answer
we'll, only requiring to be repaintef
from time to time.
DR.. Peau, another Paris doctor of emf
nence, recently showed his colleagues
Vt the academy man, aged Al, from
whom so much of the throat ard wind
pipe had been removed in operating or
4umors that speech was lost. An ar
tificial larynx was made and inserted,
and has restored his voice. The mechar-
ISM consists of spiral silver tube COW
cred with india rubber, which causes
no discomfort, and can be inserted in
the throat or removed by the patient
himsef.-London Answers