. Fig. 47.—Symen's Abscess-knife. handed instrument of the same type. The double-edged sage-knife is represented in Fig. 46, c. It may be mentioned too, in passing, that the ordinary Symes's abscess-knife (Fig. 47) is a most useful instrument when performing the operation of partial excision of the lateral cartilages, its peculiar shape lending itself admirably to the niceties of the operation. One or two-good shaped firing-irons will also be found useful. They will lighten the labor of tediously excavat- ing grooves with the knife, where that procedure is neces- sary ; and, used in certain po
. Fig. 47.—Symen's Abscess-knife. handed instrument of the same type. The double-edged sage-knife is represented in Fig. 46, c. It may be mentioned too, in passing, that the ordinary Symes's abscess-knife (Fig. 47) is a most useful instrument when performing the operation of partial excision of the lateral cartilages, its peculiar shape lending itself admirably to the niceties of the operation. One or two-good shaped firing-irons will also be found useful. They will lighten the labor of tediously excavat- ing grooves with the knife, where that procedure is neces- sary ; and, used in certain positions to be afterwards de- scribed, will afford just that necessary degree of stimulus to the horn-secreting structures of the foot, which the use of the knife alone will not. The man in country practice will also be well advised in
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