Specification of William Edward Newton : truss supports.

  • Newton, William Edward.
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of William Edward Newton : truss supports. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Newtons Improved Triiss Supports. Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty^seven, in the thirtieth year of Hef reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special licence that I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 5 I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for “ Improved ] 0 Apparatus to be used as Spinal, Abdominal, and Pelvic Truss Supports,” being a communication from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, shouhl particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 15 and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent. NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be 20 performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :— This Invention relates to an apparatus to be employed by persons afflicted with weakness of the chest or spine, derangements of the abdominal and pelvic 25 organs, for the cure of which either a brace or sujiport may be applied. The apparatus is so constructed and arranged that relief may be received by a patient for all these affections simultaneously in cases of complication, and on the cure of each malady portions of the apparatus may be dispensed with as the need for a particular part ceases; or a special part of the apparatus may 30 be applied separately for a single complaint, such as spinal weakness or curvature, abdominal and thoracic weakness, hernial lesions, hemorrhoids, or uterine prolajisus and obliquities. Thus this improved combined and universal brace and truss supports constitute together a complete unitary mechanism adapted to the human organism for the relief and cure of the several muscular 36 weakness and affections referred to, either by a general or partial application as may be necessary. The Drawing represents the apparatus combined and connected for its various applications and uses, the parts being so constructed that they may be readily detached and applied to S('parate and distinct purposes.