When the Fracture is considerable, the Nostrils are stopt up, and the Sense of Smelling is lost. In order to reduce it, the Surgeon takes a little Stick wrapt up in Cotton, and introduceth it into the Nostrils as gently as is possible, to raise up the Bones again, laying the Thumb of his Left-hand upon the Nose, to retain 'em in their place. The Bones being thus set, he proceeds to prepare {273} _The Dressing and Bandage_ By conveying into the Nostrils certain Leaden Pipes of a convenient Bigness and Figure, which serve to support the Bones, and to facilitate Respiration. But care is to be had to avoid thrusting 'em up too far, for fear of hurting the sides of the Nose; and they are to be anointed with Oil of Turpentine mixt with Spirit of Wine: These Pipes are also to have little Handles, with which they may be fasten'd to the Cap. If there be no Wound in the Nose, there will be no need of a Bandage; but if the Fracture be accompany'd with a Wound, after having apply'd the proper Medicines, it wou'd be requisite to lay upon each side of the Nose a Triangular Bolster, cover'd with a little piece of Paste-board of the same Figure. This small Dressing is to be supported with a kind of Sling that hath four Heads; being a piece of Linnen-Cloath, two Fingers broad, and half an Ell long; it is slit at both ends, and all along, only leaving in the middle a Plain of three Fingers, that is to say, a part which is not cut. The Plain of this Sling is to be laid upon the Fracture, causing the upper Heads to pass behind the Nape of the Neck, which are to be brought back again forward; the lower Heads are likewise to be carry'd behind, crossing above the upper, and afterward to be return'd forward. If the Bones of the Nose be not timely reduc'd, a great Deformity soon happens therein, and a Stink caus'd by the Excrescences and _Polypus's_. * * * * * {274} CHAP. II. _Of the Fracture of the lower Jaw._ The Operator at first puts his Fingers into the Patient's Mouth, to press the Prominences of the Bones; and afterward doth the same thing on the outside. If the Bones pass one over another, a small Extension is to be made. If the Teeth be forc'd out of their Place, they are to be reduc'd, and fasten'd to the sound Teeth with a wax'd Thread. _The Dressing and Bandage._