Tycho Brahe
nasal prosthesis after an 1566 duel; brass, per 2010 exhumation
Historical: primary or scholarly source. Research label: Historical (scientific analysis).
What is on record
Lost the bridge of his nose in a December 1566 duel with cousin Manderup Parsberg. Legend said gold/silver; 1901 exhumation found green stains and no prosthesis; 2010 exhumation (Aarhus University) found copper and zinc in nasal bone, brass. Published 2012.
"had frequently worn a brass prosthesis" (ENT & Audiology News, Sept/Oct 2015, Vol 24 No 4, George Greenlees)
Sources: 3
| Outlet | Date | Read | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENT & Audiology News | Fetched | entandaudiologynews.com | |
| NBC | 2012 | Search snippet | nbcnews.com |
| Nordic Journal of Renaissance Studies 12 | 2017 | Search snippet | njrs.dk |
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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The hump on a profile is not one thing: it is bone at the top, cartilage below it, and the joint where they meet.
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Cutting the nasal bones.
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- 1597Gaspare Tagliacozzi*De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem*, Venice 1597Historical
- 1887John Orlando Roefirst intranasal (endonasal) cosmetic rhinoplasty, Rochester NY, 1887Historical
- 1898Jacques Josephfirst reduction rhinoplasty, Berlin, 1898; *Nasenplastik* 1931Historical