The following list of authorities shows the various materials employed by them for nasal protheses:
Martin—Porcelain.
Richter—Wood.
Debout—Rubber or silver covered with colored wax.
Mathieu—Aluminum.
Charrière—Silver.
NASAL REPLANTING
The plastic surgeon is often, especially in later years, called upon to attend to traumatic injuries of the nose. Sometimes there is a total severance of the nose; often a partial loss or injury, practically involving a loss of a part of the organ. Since the advent of the automobile such accidents are not unusual.
The author has found that a remarkable history lies back of the replanting of parts or all of the nose when found detached by accident or intent.
If the part cut from the nose or face has been not too severely bruised, it should be cleansed gently in a normal salt solution at about 100° F., and be sutured in place as quickly as possible. Partly separated sections should be treated in the same way. It is remarkable how Nature will take care of these traumatisms. So well did the executioners in India, where nasal amputation is a criminal sentence, know this that they destroyed the amputated organ by fire, so that the victim could not replant it upon himself.