Show apropos of biff big fosos the tile annals of surgery contain many cases the nose lias bas baeli bec ri cut or torn off and slid being replaced lias las grown fast again recovering its jeopardized functional a one of the earliest 1680 is related by the surgeon if happened to co bo n near lar by when a kanj mans nose jjoe having b been C en cut off had fallen in the band saud ho he remarks that lie took it up washed d it replaced it and that it grew ew together tic he adds the address adar s of the tile owner of thore the repaired paired nose and requests any doubter to go ande and examine for bini himself zelf regnault in ill the tile gazette Salli taire 1714 tells of a patient NY whose I ose nose wa was bitten bittell oil bilby by a smuggler the tile owner of the tile nose wrapped d it in a bit of cloth and sought chault regnault Cn ault who will although a part was cold reset it and it became attached ta clied although these ca cases acs call for more credulity than most of us have to spare yet later ens cases es published ia in trustworthy journal journ als would seena to corroborate thi ili enllie the clinical annals and medical edical 31 ac bieile cite of heidelberg eidelberg 11 1830 there arc sixteen sini similar flar cases cates cited by the surgeon dr hofacker who wis was appointed by the he senate to attend the duel of tho the students it seems a little strange e conuch ing how low often the operation of making fill k a new nose has line bell b cn performed hi ill america lance dr N J mason Wa rifer in 1837 made the fust successful cemal ul one in boston that denever sec see one probably of here save we have been medical students ever saw one and yet nearly every prominent romi nelt sar surgeon gein in ill the tile countr country aas performed the tile operation wa with success several times false noses are ire made of papier mache leather gold silver and wax these last arc are fitt fitted ed to spectacles eco or springs and ar arc very v e ry IT difficult ful to distinguish from frolli a it true nose tycho bralio lost 11 his Is noso nose in ill ft a duel due and wore a golden one which he lie attached to ills his face faco with a cement which ho he always carried about it is a little singular though how long a period and down to what recent times it has bas been the tile practice to cut off the noses of crim finals how often tyranny lias has amused itself with this occupation pation for trivial offenses rameses II 11 1120 to cut off the nose of any subject perused of talking tal kiff treason aal against ai ast him Ac Actis tisane ancs another ruler r of egypt had a covel way of punishing robbers he cut off their noses and colonized them the robbers in a desert place which lie called from the nature of the punishment of its citizens on the other hand and more humane perhaps was his punishment at I punishment unish ment of dishonest butchers it was unique A hook was put tit through their nose and a piece of meat was hung upon it in 1671 charles 11 II had lord covent ir rys s keeper of the seal of englad england nose cut off because he be dared to ask in parliament an inquisitive I ve jU question estion about some actresses cress es of the day later frederick Pre derick the tile great had a nob lemans nose cut off because he be protested openly that he be had bad been enrolled through fraud criminals have bave been known to cut off their noses to escape detection even today to day we hear bear of such accounts as this dispatches from ireland report a case in which a disguised band banu cut off the nose of a man because in a poor law guardian contest lie canvassed ed in opposition to the candidate of the land leaguers within historical time there arc are records of some wonderful lios noses es in the medals of cyrus and Arta xerxes the tips of their noses come close out to tho the rim of the coin cohl antio chus VIII was an imposing prince they called him hint ag Gys ys pus s b because because his bis nose was a as big and aked as a vultures beak but then the tile ancient persians permitted only the owners of jarge loees to enjoy royal honors meds nose must have been a curiosity it was so curved the poi point nt seemed to be endeavoring to insert itself between his lips A later time and phenomenal nose must have been that of tho the great frederick lavater offered ered to wager his reputation that blandf blindfolded old he could tell it out of 1000 other noses i by simply taking it between his bis thumb and forefinger one may doubt was more of a courtier or a roan man of science self confident in his sense of touch or where he knew no profane hand band would be permitted to lay lity leold of the tile royal prot ance in cither either case liia his wager was safe e probably abl the nose of the E emperor of rudolph ot of austria saved hu lilt life lire if in an odd kind of way A peasant who was employed about the tent of the conspirators one evening overheard them say tomorrow to morrow well fur prize old big bi enose nose and cut him to pieces nieces after t hi his s work was over the tile peasant started out to visit visit some friends in another part a rt of the camp tha the emperor w who 10 was going about with some of his knights hta meeting the ninn mail asked who ho he was and what was ir as going on in in his part of the camp ho ire innocently cenal that there would next morning as they were going to cut a big nose in pieces but they had not even a chance to get out of bed next morning 31 napoleon I was said to be in fluen ced in his choice of officers by the size of the nose all remember that the parisians Pari called napoleon Napo leou HI Gros bec nose nosey y gibbon had bad hardly barlly any an nose at it nil all lie had bad a wco wee little protuberance in the middle of hid bis face which by courtesy es was called a nose but it was bally hardly discernible ret pet in between two enormous checks it is ead of that lie wondered how low anybody so ugly rw 03 gibbon could write a book a and ad d yet tet jenans alo also wrote books and had an enormous wen under his jaw had eyes that protruded like a lobsters and yet elbow room enough for another wen well between them and his nose |