Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-06-10 | Page 11 | Wax Nose Made for Man with Broken Proboscis

WAX NOSE MADE'FOR MAN i WITH BROKEN PROBOSCIS rillLADRMMUA, Juno (I A dlsflg uied noso winked Into the 8) Hum trlenl llnc"i of tho iierfeet, natural organ, with vvnx ns tho building maieilal, It tho result of a raro suigfcal operation pel-formed pel-formed In this city. The wax nose was made by Dr. John II Huberts and Dr. W. B. Wray at the Polyclinic hospital for a man whose nasal proboscis was cruHhcil by a horse's kick twee jcerji ago. t " Dr Hoberts describes tho tioso-initk-Ing operation us a ' caso of deformed pose tieated by sttticutnneous Injection ot paralllne." Tin means that melted pnralllne was Injected under tho skin of the nose, Heforo tho paralllne hardened hard-ened It was molded by tho lingers ot the surgeon noso-rnalcors so thtt tt ''r ) 'JrciuHM took tho form of nn almost perfect rflR irBaUlAflPJ aquiline, nasil appendage. JlliifRtWIiBlBa Tho doctors deny that tha patient's t nflPl sntwHsH wax nose' will molt In tho hot sun or Mi if iufBflB'H If he gets Ino nour u lire Thoy refuse isVh'VifflBlisssssI lu discuss tho details of the case for ow'cSrlflBL'H publication j , IcalNljpfl The operation Is rare. It Is said that 'Ts1'ss1sb'sssssss1 only tin oo vvnx noses hnvo boon man- :Jr t, 7 sflPssssi urnctured nn men's faces In this coun- (fit ' uj alsju tr) It Is easy for an lie tor to build a i" i fJ3ftH Cyrano-do Herxerac nose by adding to EVj I lilSafl thn proboscis he possesses, but the nub. l.jil ''' H4JsbbbbbI sllltitlng of wax foi tho nasal bone Im HlU ' IiIssbbbbbbI a different proposition. ilrT tsBBJ Tho man who got a new nose nt tha (j'-j 1 " UBH Polyclinic hospltnl Is known to n num. j.tf il SlsVB bcr of Philadelphia surgeons as 'John It, , , (JBBBJ Smith, the mull with tho wax nose." t'j jw tlVH