ARTIFICIAL FACE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 10

ARTIFICIAL FACE.

— ♦ .marvel OF^|R|ER^? -Dr/ Dclair has presen{,?d i ..to (( pf 'tlio .French Academy '£ man ''iSStH'Sa artificial face. Art accident with a gun while out shooting the , rnan. hud v lijiSjohin ß^f4q^ T gart A lower li«ttV'lips;;'i! J poi:ti9,n ot;his., ;toii&u6, 1 'ind L tho 'wKd)o 'of • Thest. have been' replaced'by ' artificial parts 5 , andrt the doctors.; present oxpressed astonish•iWent at 'thc , '-irriarvellous ingenuity with which ;th») wo.rk ,has ,doi)£. v| ( .. 'jThh,m^M|fi9al (^gc W'injfour.-pieces'.;''Tho fi'rst consists 'of Vsilvef'£roovo,/fate''Which .spmp? are fixid.. This is iitt;ichfetl' frb vJ ti" r dciital--apparatus cj tin, into .whjqh ..are teeth. Tho 'sX-fyncT"» dental-.'apparatus in vulcanite' android 'for* the' uppW'-jwl 'of ninq.tpetb..if;This..isfitted,..to two small prottibdr'an<ieSv 4 whioh , -fifi--in^''''tliS r h'asal I ,cavitios. This also. fills ,up the .right , sinus,..which wi*s ' /sUfsM^i.iff''' 'iVjiltlli $ a'.pi'oce of'gold m'dchSffiSft" ! lWth* 'JyjgjiS'^JMsiS^jM' fasteni oif the faco piece.. >' v. /- . ? The third piece of the mechanical face the, chiu .and lip. This is J of" indiarubliaj rcsemblo nature. 'Ovfi'r ."beard >iii Jfi'xod. At tho back are a couple of small bolts, which pass . through. holes of .the, top v th and fix the lip ttf tfid 'artificial-lower jaHir. The fourth and -liiß.ti <pieco of tho apparatus consists of the upper lip and noso, also in indiarubber, and pa'mtod, to which is attached a false mous..tache. At jtjie back are two smalL.clasps, ! '.to whichjihe.juppal;'; dental piecojan&jjaw aro fixed. The .to/iraasticatpjiis-fpod-jwitlj comparative ease. From a rjjstanco of a rew foot the appeliFantfo* of ~ liis"' face 1 'ik- 'ifiiito ..natural. . ~Ho can tako o(f his artificial face" liirn'solf, and washes it in soap and water every day.