The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22

careless handling of firearms. Others.
however, have been lost in greater or less
part by that fell scourage. the cancerous
growth, so well known to the medical
world. The unlucky sufferers have then
had recourse to the latest skill of science
to make for them as excellent artificial
noses as possible, and they are astonish-
ed to find what can be done In this re-
spect.
I'm every case where an imitation nose
or part OF one is required, a model is
made of the whole nose of the subject,
just as in the case Of the ear, and from
this an imitation nose is made in SINH
lar fashion. Only the nose Is always made
as a whole, not as a part, for this is neces-
sary not only for the look of the thing,
but owing to the method Of attachment,
this being generally effected by the wear
ing of eyeglasses, which. coming over 1t,
are so adjusted as to keep the artificial
respiratory organ in its place So thin
and close-fitting is this nasal cover, and
so exactly colored to match the rest OF
the wearers face, that 1t Is In most cases
simply impossible to tell from casual
glance that one is worn at all by the pos
SCISSOR of it, | knew of a case where a
young man courted and won his bride
without her discovering that he had an
artificial nose, but the fact was most I'M
luckily disclosed on the wedding night,
and a divorce was the result.
Noses Common.
Artificial noses are much more COM
mon than anybody would suppose Arti-
fetal lips are rarer by far. Inded. I have
made but three so far, the last some
seven or eight years ago. These artincial
lips are kept In position by means or
attachments to the inside of the mouth
and the teeth.
"Of course, the most common of all arti-
fetal organs is the eye. To learn the num-
Der OF people who are going about the
world looking at you with a glass eye
is simply astounding. And then, too, as
the Irishman would say. the glass eye
is not made of glass at all nowadays; 1t
is made of enamel-metallic enamel.
These so-caled glass eyes are made
of every shape. size and color. The de-
mand for them is large, owing TO the fact
that an artificial eye lasts only about a
year because of the action of tho tears
upon It. And then a person VINO begins
to wear such an imitation eye has to go
on increasing the size from time to time.
You see when a man begins, after los
ing his own orb of vision-generally from
some accident-the socket Is nearly closed,
~ 60 onlv a small enamel eye can be
fitted into II at first. AS this causes the
socket to enlarge somewhat, little later
a larger eye is fitted In, and so on TIL
the wearer has got one the same size as
real one
1.-THE most expensive part of the human
body. looked at from the artificial point
of view. is the breast. The dexterity and
skill necessary for this are greater than
called for In any other species of human
patchwork So perfect is the result that
1T Is almost impossible to detect the secret.
THE making of artificial limbs has
reached remarkable perfection. The ia
nous 'pin-leg' for instance. Is now super
seeded by the light model, with motion at
the knees, and toes, and fitted round the
thigh, being attached to the latter and
to the body by brace and belt. Though
such legs are by some noted firms kept In
stock yet It is preferable to manufacture
the leg to order 1t Is astonishing what
the wearer can do with leg of this de-
scription Only the other day | saw a
well-known club man. who Is possessed
of such a limb, run along the street and
lump on a car when II was in motion.
Nobody would ever have guessed that he
had not two real lower limbs. The arti-
fIcial arm and hand can grasp and i\ae
glass, and can be cunningly fashioned
to initiate nature