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A Safety Razor Blade Which Cuts as Well as the Best Microtome Knives

A Safety Razor Blade Which Cuts as Well as the Best Microtome Knives

A Safety Razor Blade Which Cuts as Well as the Best Microtome Knives

A Safety Razor Blade Which Cuts as Well as the Best Microtome Knives

A Simple Method of Using Safety Razor Blades for Microtome Sections

A Simple Method of Using Safety Razor Blades for Microtome Sections

Safety Razor Blades for Hand Sectioning

Safety Razor Blades for Hand Sectioning

A Method of Controlling the Temperature of the Paraffin Block and Microtome Knife

Previous articleNext article FreeA Method of Controlling the Temperature of the Paraffin Block and Microtome KnifeW. J. G. LandW. J. G. Land Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 57, Number 6Jun., 1914 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/331346 Views: 25Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Journal History This article was published in the Botanical Gazette (1876-1991), which is continued by International Journal of Plant Sciences (1992-present). PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: T. H. Goodspeed Modified Safety-Razor Blade Holder for Temperature Control, Botanical Gazette 66, no.22 (Sep 2015): 176–177.https://doi.org/10.1086/332322

DETACHABLE SCALPEL BLADE

In attempting to use safety-razor blades in surgical work I hfound a stock razor bladazorth ade with a straight cutting edge is not practical. Such a blade if held in the usual position will have only the distal corner in contact with the flesh and will tear rather than cut, especially if used in theideeper parts of a wound. If the detachable razor blade is t deeper parts of a wound. If the detachable razor blade is to bedapted to the susurgeon's scalpel narily made s ordied withmade cannot be used with entire success, but must be specially ground with a rounded extremity or belly as in the usual type of scalpel. The accompanying illustration shows the instrument as I have modified it to meet this requirement. the instlment modifiedeet this requirement.

The Safety-Razor Blade as a Scalpel

To the Editor —As I have been using safety-razor blades in surgery for three years, I was interested in the article in The Journal, Dec. 14, 1912, p. 2127. The handle portrayed ia an improvement over mine. The use of these blades was suggested to me by Dr. J. T. McDonald of Honolulu. When he was bacteriologist to the territory of Honolulu, he used blades to secure snips from those suspected of having leprosy. It came about in this way: Certain people contended that the physicians of the department of health were transmitting the disease by snipping different persons with the same knife. Of course, the knife had always been sterilized. but this did not satisfy the objectors. To do away with this prejudice, the law was made that every knife should be destroyed after a snip had been made with it. Dr. McDonald then hit on the idea of using the

SAFETY-RAZOR-BLADE SCALPEL

Every surgeon has more or less often been annoyed by a dull scalpel when a sharp one was very much desired. Furthermore, after a few strokes of the scalpel, especially when made in a firm or resistant tissue, like an old scar, the cutting edge of the scalpel becomes dulled. Sharpening scalpels is a nuisance and at best very unsatisfactory. In order to overcome these objections, I have devised some handles to carry the two types of safety-razor blades most commonly used. After these blades are no longer serviceable for the purpose for which they were intended, they make excellent scalpels. They are cheap and easily obtainable. The accompanying illustrations are self-explanatory. The ordinary scalpel handle is provided with two arms, united above but not below, between which the knife blade is inserted. To carry the double-edged blade, one arm is provided with two stubs which fit into the two