LONGMATE, Barak
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Article on Indian rhinoplasty.Gentleman’s Magazine, 64, pt. 2, 891-92, 1794.The first report published in Europe on the so-called Indian or Hindu method of rhinoplasty using a forehead flap, accompanied by an engraving of the patient, Cowasjee, with a restored nose and showing the stages of the operation. The article was signed by only "B. L." The publication of this procedure was highly unconventional. On March 20, 1794 a copperplate engraving by R. Mabon after James Wales's portrait of Cowasjee was published in Bombay, with images and an engraved text outlining the operation. Only a single copy of that Bombay broadside may have survived. Following publication of the Bombay broadside, news of the procedure was first reported in the Hircarrah of The Madras Gazette of August 4, 1794. Mukherjee, N.S. et al, "A Nose Lost and Honour Regained: The Indian Method of Rhinoplasty Revisited," Proceedings of the Indian Congress, 72 (2011) 968-977. Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › England (United Kingdom), COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › India, PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY › Rhinoplasty |