Who invented the nail file?

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Who invented the nail file?

Question #147109. Asked by Creedy.
Last updated Oct 17 2019.
Originally posted Oct 16 2019 10:21 PM.

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The nail file was actually invented by doctor Sitts, a foot doctor, in the 1830s. His was a creation of an 'orange stick' from a yet to be known tool used in the treatment of dental problems. Women used it to file their nails down.

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Oct 17 2019, 8:53 PM

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Tools to shape finger nails have been around since at least the eighteenth century. Marie Antoinette started a fad at the court when she used her pumice "lime a ongles" to shape her nails.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_file#History

Oct 17 2019, 8:56 AM

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