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Title: Practical podiatry :
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Joseph, Alfred
Subjects: Podiatry Podiatry Podiatry X-rays
Publisher: New York : First Institute of Podiatry
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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ng. Fig. 3 shows heloma and callous chisels (helotoma) recommended by E. C. Eice,M.D., of Washington, D. C.This variety of instrument isused principally for dissec-tion work, but is also usefulfor shaving or paringmethods. No. 1 of this groupis used principally for largecalloused areas on the plan-tar surfaces of the foot. Thehandles of these instrumentsare hexagonal and are five-and-one-quarter inches long.The Nail Chisel. Varietiesof straight chisels for the re-moval of ingrown portions ofnail are shown in Fig. 2,Nos. 5 and 6, Curved nail chisels areshown by Nos. 1 and 2 inFig. 4. Their use is des-cribed in the chapter on In-grown Nails. Nos. 3, 5, 6, inthis group, are nail packersused for packing gauze orcotton in the nail groove. No.4 in this figure is a curetteexcavator used for the re-moval of nail splinters orcallous from the nail groove.There is a newer type ofnail chisel with a guard PIG. 3. HELOMA AND CALLOSITY aloiig ouc. edge. Tliis is toCHISELS prevent the instrument from
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INSTRUMENTS 83 penetrating tlie soft tissues of the nail bed while removingan imbedded portion 6f nail. This flange also aids in liftingthe nail from its bed and in breaking up adhesions whichmay have formed in advanced cases. No. 2, Fig. 5, is a nail groove gouge used forthe removal of callous in that location.

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