An improved method of and appliance for curing in-growing nails / [Edgar John Moore].

  • Moore, Edgar John.
Date:
1897
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Credit: An improved method of and appliance for curing in-growing nails / [Edgar John Moore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JST° 27,425 A.D. 1896 Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1896 Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1897—Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. An Improved Method of and Appliance for Curing In-growing Nails. I, Edgar John Moore, High Street, Bramley, Surrey, Foreman of Building Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :— My invention relates to an improved method of and means for curing in-growing nails especially toe-nails, the object being to effect the cure effectively and without 5 pain. In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following manner;—I provide a piece of wire bent into somewhat gridiron shape. This piece of bent wire is intended to lie on the top of the nail, and the two extremities of the wire are bent under slightly so as to catch the corners of the nail. The spring like nature of the wire acting on the somewhat rounded surface of the nail will cause the 10 appliance to draw up the corners of the nail and prevent in-growing. In connection with this appliance, I use a dressing of powdered alum or equivalent which is moistened and placed on the over growing flesh and causes it to disappear a few days after application. Dated this 1st day of December, 189G. 15 HUGHES & YOUNG, 23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant, COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. An Improved Method of and Appliance for Curing In-growing Nails. I, Edgar John Moore, High Street, Bramley, Surrey, Foreman of Building 20 Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:— My invention relates to an improved method of and means for curing in-growing nails especially toe-nails, the object being to effect the cure with certainty and 25 without pain. In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which, Fig. 1, is a plan, and Fig. 2, a side view of my improved appliance. Fig. 3, shewing the appliance in use. I provide a piece of “ springy ” wire a bent into the somewhat gridiron shape shewn at Fig. 1. The free ends of a are first bent slightly 30 outwards as at b, and then slightly inwards as at c, the extremity c being put somewhat out of the plane of the rest of the appliance. This piece of bent wire is intended to lie on the top of the users nail cZ, the extremities c being placed under opposite corners of the nail as shewn at Fig. 3. The spring like nature of the wire [Price 8cZ.]