The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-14
TAKES OFF HIS FACE.
Front of His Head, Being of Rubber,
Can BE Detached with Ease.

From the New York Press.
What is said to be the most remarkable
face on human being is possessed by
Charles Eichelberg of st. Louis. His face,
or the greater part of it. is removed at
night when he goes to bed, and he puts 1t
on in the morning 1t is of hard rubber,
which fact scarcely can be detected. Per-
sons who notice il as a rule take the rub
her part for a large scar caused by "A
burn, and the pace where the rubber joins
the face is thought to be the beginning of
the scar.
Six years ago Mr.. Eichelberg had trou-
Die with his left eye, and 1t was found
that a tumor he'd formed in the back Of
it. 1t was removed, but grew again The
removal of the eye became necessary. Last
year the tumor formed again, and was
found to have grown into the brain. An
operation was necessary to save his life
and when the surgeons had finished cut
ting they had removed a large section Of
the bones of the lace and a portion of
the frontal bone that helps 10 form the
skull The mans life had been saved, but
he looked a wreck.
An insurance agent, Mr. Elchelberg, dis
figured for life with a horrible appearing
aperture in his head, could not solicit bus
mess and he was forced to wear a band
age over the left side of his face Months
of skin grating followed, until the aper-
ture was filled by new skin. Still the i'm
provement was not considered sufficient
by Mr.. Heidelberg. who previous to his
afiiiction thought himself good looking. 1t
was suggested that If an eye could be ht-
ted in the face 1t would Improve the ap-
pearance. The doctors saw no way to do
it, and he consulted the surgeons of the
Dental College. Several devices wers
tried and then dentist said he could
lra lot "a I'D ma "a
Mr.. Eichelberg presentable. He took a
wax cast of the aperture and also of the
other side of the patients face, and from
these made a hard rubber plate which
completely filed the cavity. In the place
where there should have been an eye one
was set in the plate, and the whole, as
natural as life, with the exception Of the
color, was fitted in
An artist was called in to match the color
of the patients face and pair of spec
tacle were fitted 20 the plate. The spec
tacles served a double purpose. The part
over the nose and the rods extending to
the ears served to support the whole, and
take the weight Off the check where 1t
would have 90 rest.
The plate extends from the middle of the
forehead to The center of the face. An
eyebrow of natural hair has been sewn
into the rubber, so that 1t adds 10 the nat
ural appearance, and except where the
plate joins the flesh there Is nothing to see.
Mr. Heidelberg is delighted with the
work, and the surgeons say 1t establishes
a precedent for restoring faces that have
been destroyed
One of the beautiful points of the face.
according to its maker, is the facility
with which IL can be taken off and put on.
Ali the patient has 10 do is to remove the
speclacles which are attached and the
WE comes off. Without his glasses the
h nj n h
cen With them on he can pass anywhere
without attracting notice and suffers no
more inconvenience than the man who Is
blind in one eye.