Practical podiatry : . FIG. 24. HAND FILE (SHOWING ROUGH SURFACE) There is also an appliance used for similar purposes which is dependent upon a screw adjustment. Applicators. Applicators, used for solutions, may be obtained in metal and in wood. Those of metal have a short hexagonal handle and are corrugated at the distal end so that cotton may be wound aboutthem. The wooden applicator is asmall round stick about six incheslong. Such applicators are morepractical than those of metal, forthey may be thrown away after metal applicators corrode afterseveral applications of a corrosive FI
Practical podiatry : . FIG. 24. HAND FILE (SHOWING ROUGH SURFACE) There is also an appliance used for similar purposes which is dependent upon a screw adjustment. Applicators. Applicators, used for solutions, may be obtained in metal and in wood. Those of metal have a short hexagonal handle and are corrugated at the distal end so that cotton may be wound aboutthem. The wooden applicator is asmall round stick about six incheslong. Such applicators are morepractical than those of metal, forthey may be thrown away after metal applicators corrode afterseveral applications of a corrosive FIG. 25. TOE SPREADER drug and soon become 92 PODIATRY JlJrf The Skiving Knife. The choice of a knife for the manu-facture of shields of felt or buckskin depends principallyupon the fancy of the user. Some prefer an all-metal, flat-handled knife similar to those used by leather workers (Fig,26); others find it more practical to employ a blade set in alarger wooden handle, claiming that more purchase can bebrought to bear upon the material to be cut,K and consequently more accuracy is obtained. ^ An instrument, known commercially as the Murphy knife, is a practical example ofthis latter variety. It has a wooden handleabout four inches long, and a blade of similarlength. The cutting edge is narrow towardthe point and gives the operator a bias edgewith which to do his cutting. The all-metalknife blade is similarly slanted. Skivingknives need not be made of the finest, highlytempered steel, and the edge placed uponthem, when honed, need by no means be arazor edge. CARE OF INSTRUMENTS Instruments need care just as do any fine machi
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