An account of two successful operations for restoring a lost nose from the integuments of the forehead in the cases of two officers of His Majesty's Army; to which are prefixed historical and physiological remarks on the nasal operation; including descriptions of the Indian and Italian methods / [J.C. Carpue].
- Joseph Constantine Carpue
- Date:
- 1816
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of two successful operations for restoring a lost nose from the integuments of the forehead in the cases of two officers of His Majesty's Army; to which are prefixed historical and physiological remarks on the nasal operation; including descriptions of the Indian and Italian methods / [J.C. Carpue]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the principal persons of the town to be put to death, and the lips and noses of every one, even the infants who were not found in their mothers’ arms, to be cut off; directing, at the same time, that the lips and noses should be preserved, that he might ascer- tain the number of souls ; and that the name of the town should be changed into Nascatapoor, which signifies (such relationships have the languages), Nose-cut-Town: “The order,” says Gui- seppe, “ was carried into execution with every mark of horror “ and cruelty, none escaping but those who could play upon “ wind-instruments ; although. Father Michael Angelo, who, “ without knowing that such an inhuman scene was exhibited, “ had gone to the house of Suruparatna [the officer fulfilling the “ order], and interceded much in favour of the poor inhabitants. “ Many of them put an end to their lives in despair; others came in great bodies to us, in search of medicines ; and it was most “ shocking to see so many living people with their teeth and “ noses resembling the skulls of the dead.” This event occurred in the year 17^9, or 177^ ; and, after perusing this, no solitary instance in its kind, shall we remain in doubt, that the nasal operation was in early request in countries where tyrants are so ready to wound, and Nature is so willing to heal ? But, if we are now to account for the existence of the art in Calabria, at a time when it was unknown in the rest of Europe, and even in the rest of Italy, it will, perhaps, be agreed, that we have only to call to mind the geographical situation of Calabria, its neighbourhood to Greece, and to the frontiers of Arabia, and the rest of Asia; and the degree in which it resembles H 2 those](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22017380_0067.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
