Rhinotomy
Sign in to savethumb|Man without nose and hands, 1910 Rhinotomy is mutilation, usually amputation, of the nose. It was a means of judicial punishment throughout the world, particularly for sexual transgressions, but in the case of adultery often applied only to women.
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thumb|Man without nose and hands, 1910 Rhinotomy is mutilation, usually amputation, of the nose. It was a means of judicial punishment throughout the world, particularly for sexual transgressions, but in the case of adultery often applied only to women.
==Ancient usage== thumb|Print of Hindu scene: Shurpanakha (blue woman in foreground) has had her nose cut off by [[Lakshmana (with sword).]] The Code of Hammurabi contains references to amputation of bodily protrusions (such as lips, nose, breasts, etc.), as do the laws of ancient Egypt, and in Hindu medicine the writings of Charaka and the Sushruta Samhita.