Show I I HAS A NEW NOSE Sergeant Freemani Lost His Natural One at Omdurman London Public Opinion An interesting fact has Just come to light which strikingly exemplifies the wonderful strides of modern science I t t < g lis a case In which a warrior from the l great battle of Omdurman who suffered suf-fered serious facial disfigurement has had his disfigurement obliterated and his features made to appear to all intents as if tents and purposes a perfect nothing had happened In short he had the greater part of his nose cut clean off and he has been nrovided with a new nose This hero of the Sou dan by name Sergeant Freeman Is a member of the Twentyfirst Lancers memorable and he took part in the charge at Omdurman During the charge one of the lieutenants of the lancers was attacked by a Dervish officers rifeTt who getting hold tjf the ofcers hand In which he carried his lance ccnmenced industriously sawing at the wrist with his sword with the evident Intention of severing the hand Sergeant Ser-geant Freeman was fighting his way through a bunch of Dervishes when he heard < the young oHlcer who was Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Meacham cry out and turning turn-ing saw the predicament in which he was placed He made a dash for the spot and running his lance through the Dervish saved the lieutenant However at the next moment he was confronted by two Dervishes who wildly slashed at him with their swords He parried the blows and kill ed them both In turn but one terrific blow from a sword came so near to ending his life as to strike his nose and carry away the lower cartilage as far as the upper Up Freeman was Invalided home and became an inmate at Netley hospital He ultimately recovered and was sent by Colonel Martin who was in command I com-mand of the Twentyfirst Lancers In the great battle to consult Mr Groves L D S R C S of Wolverhampton who has become famous for his restoration restora-tion of facial disfigurements Mr Groves In spite of the exceptional difficulties dif-ficulties has treated the case with complete com-plete success An artificial substitute for the natural organ has been built < up so that the injury is not perceptible Sergeant Freeman leaves England early ear-ly next month for Cairo to rejoin his regiment He has proved himself a gallant and heroic soldier and It Is pleasant to know that he goes back to Egypt apparently none the worse for his awkward experience having been saved from a lifelong ant unsightly disfigurement Mr Groves himself thus describes I the means by which he gave the sergeant ser-geant his new nose The artificial organ or-gan is first molded from a plaster model of the face and then worked up in platinum and vulcanite and tainted and fired until the artificial production becomes an exact reproduction of the lost feature |