The Human Nose 



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Many other terms might be suggested, but the above care- 

 fully used will suffice for useful descriptions of this important 

 feature, 



Although the bony framework of the face gives support to 

 the nose and to some extent modifies its prominence and size, 

 it must be understood that it is to certain gristly structures 

 quite exterior to the bones that the various modifications 

 which give personal peculiarity are chiefly due. A skull from 



which the soft parts have all been removed, although it may 

 give the width of the nasal apertures and afford some clue to 

 the width and prominence of the nose at its root, would not 

 enable any judgment to be formed as to its character as 

 a feature. The cartilages referred to are described in detail 

 in all works on anatomy. Their arrangement and curvatures 

 are complicated, and no good purpose would be attained by 

 attempting their description here. It must be understood 

 that they give the contour, that they are susceptible of endless 



A truncated nose. A Brougham 

 nose. 



(That of a young Scotch boy.) 



A snub, Socratic nose. 

 (That of a lowland 

 Scotch farmer.) 



