Lewis Powell's Jaw

[BettyO]

I've wondered about that....wonder if the kid needed glasses?

Kids will do that "squint" if they are a bit near or far sighted....I catch myself doing it and I only wear reading glasses! Again, something that was not that well known in the Victorian era, I guess....

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(08-24-2012 06:45 AM)Houmes Wrote:  Yes, the nose is perfectly straight sideways on. From the front it's not. Perhaps that's just the way he was born.

You wouldn't be able to tell if a nose had been broken from a skull (at least for the majority of fractured noses) because a nasal fracture usually involves only the cartilage. Cartilage deteriorates after death while the bones (depending on environment and trauma) take much longer. If the true nasal bones (projecting from the frontal bones of the skull) are actually smashed--like in the movies, where a karate chop to the face "pushes the nasal bones into the brain" and causes death--then other facial bones would invariably be involved and show signs of previous fracture.

The nerve injury from Powell's fractured jaw would not have interfered with his speech or swallowing. It's the inferior alveolar nerve and it has a sensory function to that side of the mandible. His left jaw would probably have been numb or partially numb his entire adult life.
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Wow! Thanks, Blaine!

Question - would he have that "drool" or "dribble" when he drank anything? Like when you have dental work done and your face is numb? Just curious!