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Question: Who reconstructed a part of his body, lost during sword fight, with gold!?
X lost part of this during a swordfight!. Using his skill at alchemy, he is said to have
reconstructed it using gold and silver!. However, recent excavations of X’s tomb have
pointed towards evidence that copper may have been used to fix this instead of gold or
silver!. Who is X, and what is being talked about!?
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Are you thinking of the nose of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


The first answer is right!.!.!.!.

While a student, Tycho lost part of his nose in a duel with rapiers with Manderup Parsbjerg, a fellow Danish nobleman!. This occurred in the Christmas season of 1566, after a fair amount of drinking, while Tycho, just turned 20 years old, was studying at the University of Rostock in Germany!. Attending a dance at a professor's house, he quarreled with Parsbjerg!. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nose!. A consequence of this was that Tycho developed an interest in medicine and alchemy!. For the rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of silver and gold blended into a flesh tone, and used an adhesive balm to keep it attached!. However, in 1901 Tycho's tomb was opened and his remains were examined by medical experts!. The nasal opening of the skull was rimmed with green, a sign of exposure to copper, not silver or gold!. Some historians have speculated that he wore a number of different prosthetics for different occasions, noting that a copper nose would have been more comfortable and less heavy than a precious metal one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm not sure of the name, but I'm fairly confident that the body part was the nose!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

His headWww@QuestionHome@Com

His teeth!.!.!.!.now X has gotta Gold Grill

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