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Image number: RS.10286
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A candidate for a nose replacement
Date
1816
Creator
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857, British) , Draftsman
After
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857, British) , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X54/2
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 183mm
width (print): 183mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A patient with a nose lost due to mercury poisoning- a common treatment for syphilis at the time.
Case 1; an officer in his Majesty’s army whose treatment for a venereal complaint with mercury resulted in;
‘[...] the loss of the septum, all the anterior part of the cartilage, and, in truth, the whole front of the nose, a small portion of the alae, or sides of the nostrils, excepted. The nasal bones remained entire.’ (Case 1, pg.83)
Plate 1 from An Account of Two Successful Opertaions 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 by J. C. Carpue (London, Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme and Brown, 1816).
Inscribed: ‘Plate 1. London Published October 20th 1815 for the Proprietors by C. Turner, No50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, C. Turner fecit.
Case 1; an officer in his Majesty’s army whose treatment for a venereal complaint with mercury resulted in;
‘[...] the loss of the septum, all the anterior part of the cartilage, and, in truth, the whole front of the nose, a small portion of the alae, or sides of the nostrils, excepted. The nasal bones remained entire.’ (Case 1, pg.83)
Plate 1 from An Account of Two Successful Opertaions 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 by J. C. Carpue (London, Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme and Brown, 1816).
Inscribed: ‘Plate 1. London Published October 20th 1815 for the Proprietors by C. Turner, No50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, C. Turner fecit.
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