
Fanny Brice
rhinoplasty 1923 (Dr. Henry Schireson, hotel room)
Historical: primary or scholarly source. Research label: Historical (contemporaneous press; Parker line contested).
What is on record
The Ziegfeld comedian had her nose reduced in 1923 by Henry J. Schireson, in her hotel room; an AP photo shows Brice with Schireson. Dorothy Parker's line, that she "cut off her nose to spite her race", is attributed in the Jewish Women's Archive entry and *J. Weekly*; Brice denied that motive. Streisand played her in *Funny Girl* (1968).
Parker: "cut off her nose to spite her race" (JWA, search snippet only). Biographer (via JWA): Brice "must have hoped that the operation would make her look less Jewish."
Sources: 4
| Outlet | Date | Read | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Women's Archive | Search snippet | jwa.org | |
| Schireson | 1923 | Fetched | kabaker.com |
| AP photo | 1923 | Search snippet | alamy.com |
| J. Weekly | 2004-06-04 | Search snippet | jweekly.com |
Fetched: the page was opened and read. Search snippet: the line was seen in a search result and the page not opened. Research: research/history/famous-cases.md.
In surgeon's terms
The procedure the record names
Pages on this site that explain the operation named above, written from the primary literature. They describe the procedure, not this person's surgery, which no surgeon of record has published.
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Open versus closed rhinoplasty
Open rhinoplasty adds one small incision across the columella, the strip of skin between the nostrils, so the skin can be lifted off and the whole framework seen.
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Nasal analysis is the measured description of your nose and face that a surgeon makes before choosing what to do.
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The first rhinoplasty appointment is an examination of the nose and an examination of the reasons for wanting it changed, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology tells the…
Anatomy and nasal analysis in the journal archive: 415 papers
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