The evening world., 1904-04-15
8arveis h Grating Performed
BY Surgeons on John ]. KabIa
and Oscar Leonard in This
City and Philadelphia.
0NE HAS A NEW LIP IN
ADDITION TO THE NOSE.
Operation so Painful to Leonard
that He Became Insane and
Once Undid the Work OF the
Patient Physicians.

mat Il b possible to supply Q miss
ing nose. bons and ell. by the grating
q q finger OF the noseless person 10 the
haos In bccn established In two in
stances within the past three months.
John ]. Kabia, In h Post-oraduats
hospital In lhas ctty. has had the mid
Ne finger OF his left hand grated onto
- faos where his nos should be, and
teosR b bony foundation has been
buks upon by plastic surgery he win
ha~s q ~prssentabie organ.
1hs case OF Kabia In remarkable
enoush. but not 10 interesting a. that
- Oscar Leonard. Of Philadelphia, born
;usahcut q nose and with only . trace
. n upper lip. who II soon to b dis
keAesgsd from M University Hospital
- Gnnndslphia with q complete LID and
~ ~sespeotable foundation for a nose
k9ksoosh which he win b able to
Eesoaehs and which win have the out
Negd appearance Of a work Of nature.
A2ehcugh Leonard IL physically weak,
- tn1D operated against tho suoosss
= - experiment IN bone and skin
graftfng, he has Ereat strength Of will
- thfs % what carried him through
FSW1oe During the PROCESS Of transfer
tueng the finger he lost his mind and
nndid h work OF h He
feas suffered agony u~nspeakabls, but
~ b satisfied with the result
Kept His Face Covered.
% repulsive was the appearance Of
Isonard that all through his youth he
was compelled TO keep his face covered.
Ills parents are wealthy and whsn he
arrived at mans estate he determined
TO see IL modern surgery could supply
him with features that would enable
him to show himself to the world.
He entered tho University Hospital
three months g and placed himself
under the care OF DIR. Charles Fmzier.
The surgeon determined first to give
aim n new upper lip. His upper teeth
we're extracted and by a process o,
mwing and akin grating a lip 30 ser
vtcable that when he has artificial
bsoth to replace those removed. his ar.
hculation will be perfect and there will
be few traces OF the substitution.
The wound healed rapidly and on
March 8 all was In readiness for the
operation hat vas to supply Leonard
with a new nose. AS he Is left handed
It was determined to graft the middle
finger OF his right hand TO his face.
The nail was removed. the finger was
opened and with infinite pains DR..
Frazier, assisted by DR.. Richard Z.
Morris and DIR. ]. j.. V. kaathoven.
sewed 1t TO that portion OF his face
which should nave been occupied by
The arm IL hand was bound to the
lace with q. specially constructed iron
,race and the whole was encabed in
Master of paris. 1t was necessary that
here should be no movement so that
he finger might grow into place and
circulation between the face and the
and be established.
Bccame Insane from Pain.
A week after the operation Leonard
rent crazy from the pain n the ex-
,erience OF always gazing AZ those two
oandages loose and ripped the stitches
put with one c~onvulsivc movement OF
nis. arm. and his condition was worse
than 1t mad been in the beginning.
q The patient surgeons did not despair
A week. later they sewed the finger &c
his face again, binding him with
stronger bandages. After four days hC
became insane once more, but this tint
d he did not entirely destroy the junctnrt
that had formed, and the surgeons were
able to repair the damage. Leonard
was becoming extremely weak, and II
sccame necessary to amputatc the fin,
ger a weeN before the time originally
set. but c~irculatinn had been estab'
tished and Lcuuard's foundation for q
nose was a matter Of fact.
With his arm free from his face anC
with tho CONSCIOUSNESS that the opera
ton had been successful, Leonard r.
covered with Astonishing rapidly. Whci
he leave the hospital he will go to tn
country for a stay In which to builC
himself up physically, and then the sur
geons viii begin to fashion him a ser
yiceable nose OF the foundation taken
from his right hand.