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Show Restore Girl's Severed Nose by Plastic Surgery LOS ANGELES. Plastic surgery sur-gery has restored 15-year-old Esther Brooks' nose, sliced off at the base in an automobile accident. But her doctor said it is Still too early to tell if the grafting operation is successful. The girl's nose was not replaced re-placed for four hours after the accident, and was found only after a frantic search by sheriff's sher-iff's deputies. They kept it warm in their hands while they sped to : the hospital where the girl was taken. 1 Dr. G. J. S. Rambo, who performed per-formed the operation, said the nose is still "alive" but hesitated t to claim success. i |