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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

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In other cases monstrous vegetations divide the nose into many tumors.

In the early portion of this century much was heard about a man who was a daily habitue of the Palais-Royal Gardens.

His nose was divided into unequally sized tumors, covering nearly his entire face.

Similar instances have been observed in recent years.

Hey mentions a case in which the tumor extended to the lower part of the under lip, which compressed the patient's mouth and nostrils to such an extent that while sleeping, in order to insure sufficient respiration, he had to insert a tin-tube into one of his nostrils.


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