Early in the last century a man, Thomas Wedders (or Wadhouse),
with a nose 7 1/2 inches long, was exhibited throughout
Yorkshire. This man expired as he had lived, in a condition of
mind best described as the most abject idiocy. The accompanying
illustration is taken from a reproduction of an old print and is
supposed to be a true likeness of this unfortunate individual.
There are curious pathologic formations about the nose which
increase its volume so enormously as to interfere with
respiration and even with alimentation; but these will be spoken
of in another chapter.
There have been some celebrities whose noses were undersized. The
Duc de Guise, the Dauphin d'Auvergne, and William of Orange,
celebrated in the romances of chivalry, had extremely short
noses.
There are a few recorded cases of congenital division of the
nose. Bartholinus, Borellus, and the Ephemerides speak of duplex
noses. Thomas of Tours has observed congenital fissure of the
nose. Rikere reports the case of an infant of three weeks who
possessed a supernumerary nose on the right nasal bone near the
inner canthus of the eye. It was pear-shaped, with its base down,
and was the size of the natural nose of an infant of that age,
and air passed through it.
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