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

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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AN ACCOUNT ' O F TWO SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS, ^C. STc. GASE I. In the month of September, ]814, I was applied to by an Officer in his Majesty’s army, whose nose was in a mutilated state, and who introduced himself to me by saying, ‘‘ Sir, “ you see my unfortunate situation. I was informed, at ‘‘ Gibraltar, that you had performed the operation for restoring ‘‘ a lost nose. I am in the army ; and, having been bred to that profession, I wish to undergo the operation, in order to put myself again in condition for active service.” I readily consented; but, at the same time, apprized my patient, that what he had previously heard, was founded in mistake. I had long wished for an opportunity of performing the operation; and, for the space of fifteen years, had constantly recommended it to my pupils. I M added,

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