An Improved Method of and Appliance for Curing In-growing Nails.
Year: 1896

page_text: 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
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
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.
1900
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 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
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
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 d, the extremities c being placed under
opposite corners of the nail as shewn at Fig. 3. The spring like nature of the wire

page_text: acting on the somewhat rounded surface of the nail will cause the appliance to draw
up the corners of the nail and prevent ingrowing. In connection with this appliance
I use a dressing of powdered alum or an equivalent, which is moistened and placed
on the overgrowing flesh, and causes it to disappear a few days after application. As
some modification is possible without departure from the spirit of my invention, I do
not restrict myself to the precise shapes, shewn on the drawing or described in the
above specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :-
An improved appliance for curing ingrowing nails, the said appliance consisting
essentially of a piece of wire bent into a somewhat gridiron shape, and having two
inwardly curved extremities, the gridiron part being intended to lie on the top of, and
the curved ends to go under opposite corners of, the nail, the whole substantially
as described in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.