Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

tissue IS held back with couple OF clamps,
and, with bone scissors, a pair OF forceps, or
a thin saw, the hump is trimmed down to
logical proportions. The skin tissue is then
replaced, a small slice being cut away in
order to make it fit snugly over the remains
of the late Mt. Olympus. Then the lncislon
is closed with few neat stitches. 1t is alb
surdly simple.
The dubious nose, found generally among
men who look long and lingeringly upon the
wine, or whatever their favorite t1pple may
be, consists of an enlargement and th1cken-
ing Of the cartridges and skin OF the nose.
Doctors call this lipoma. Its correction
consists in making Vshaped incision at the
point of the nose splitting the septum 1.-THE
cartilage that divides the nose into two nos
trils), and removing as much tissue on each
side as is desired in order to make the nose
the proper proportion. Extra tissue round
the nostrils may then be either dissected out
or destroyed by electric cautery.
If nose is too big "all over" it can be
made as petite as one pleases by what IS
known as Joseph's operation. An A-shaped
portion of skin and cartilage IS cut out OF
the under side of the nose, the bone is
trimmed away, the nasal septum is shortened
by cutting out wedge, and the superf1uous
tissue trimmed out. This, with the proper
kind of "frenzed, rolling eyes, gives the
wearer of the reformed nose the aspect of
a poet.
If a nose should happen to be too narrow,
or too broad, or too much tilted to one side,
there are various devices for "over correc-
ton which will retain the organ in proper
position until it has the courage to stand up
straight and look the world in the face.
THE next works of art to engage our at
tention are protruding ears. There is
no Roman dignity attached to gently wav-
ing pair of 1op ears. These merely furnish
pegs upon which to hang rude and unseemly
JeStS.
A plastic surgeon will do one of two things
with such ears. He may remove the skin
from the back surface OF the ears and also
from the mastoid process THAT little emil
nence on the skull behind the ears, and
unite the denuded surfaces by sutures, after
which he will wind a bandage round the
head, and permit healing to take place; or
he NAV elect to remove cartilaginous parts
of the ear, making incisions from behind,
where scars will not show. After the aural
appendages are trained back for awhile with
adhesive bandages they settle naturally and
gracefully into their allotted places, and
cease from striving to hold the center OF the
stage Either of these operations IS usually
effective.
another phase of the subject. If dim
piles are worth going crazy over, or starting
wars about, or writing poems around, they
should well repay our critical inspection.
Now, if dimple is dug from the outside,
part of the tissue being removed, and the
skin being brought snugly over the surface
again, it will soon degenerate into quicker.
The wound will make slight scar; and the
principle of secondary contraction is in
herent in all scar tissue. In other words, as
soon as the scar gets its bearings it will
Tighten up"-or down. This would draw
the tissue into cute little pursestring puck
er, with generous assortment of fine lines
like the spoles in wheel radiating from its
center.
If. however, the featural surgeon wishes to
produce dimple that will continue to dimp,
he will operate from the inside of the cheek,
LAYING back the mucous membrane, renlov-
ing small portion of tissue, and then with
catgut sutures draw the flesh back into the
little hole he has made These dimples
will grow fast in this position, and are war
ranted not to wash out or fall off. The
secondary contraction of the scar tissue will
only increase their coyness and artless in
nocence.