Question

the author says:strong hands held me down.why was this necessary?how does his treatment then compare to treatment these days (chapter-drive in the motor car)​

Answer 1

ANSWER: It was necessary because the doctor had to sew the nose of the author back to its place and for this treatment there is a need for the author to become unconscious and for this he has to be still and breathe in into a mask stuffed with cotton-wool on which a white liquid called Chloroform was poured.

These days treatments are carried out in the hospitals but the author's treatment was done in his house on top of a nursery table.

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