Improved shield for corns, bunions and the like / [Evelyn Pierrepont].

  • Pierrepont, Evelyn.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improved shield for corns, bunions and the like / [Evelyn Pierrepont]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 2396 A.D. 1893 Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1898 Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1898—Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Improved Shield for Corns, Bunions, and the like. I, Evelyn Pierrepont, of Bank Chambers, 2, Cockspur Street, S.W., in the County of London, Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :— My invention relates to an improved shield or protector tor bunions, corns, and 5 other similar affections of the human body. It has long been known that bunions and the like may be advantageously treated and in some cases partially cured by relieving the affected part of the pressure of the boot or other article of clothing compressing it, but this remedy in the form hitherto applied, consisting essentially of a ring of felt or similar material having a hole at the centre corresponding to the core 10 of the corn or the centre of the bunion, has afforded very partial relief, principally for the reason that the parts are kept dry and a certain amount of irritation and/con¬ sequent inflammation is induced by the means adopted to relieve the same. My invention is designed to obviate three drawbacks and to supply an improved shield or protective device which will exercise the requisite amount of pressure upon 15 the bunion and at the right position upon the same, whilst retaining the natural moisture of the body and consequently inducing the skin of the affected part to remain soft and thus assist the absorption of the swelling. In the case of corns the hard core gradually becomes softened and easily removable and the pressure being relieved it does not return, and the skin gradually resumes its 20 natural condition. , Where requisite I assist the action of the device by certain medicated applications, embrocations ointments or the like inserted in the hollow space under the centre tbe/nCarrying my invention into effect, I provide a flexible unperforated shield, 25 having a series of concentric or other rings or rows of projections of soft vulcanized rubber, of such depth and stiffness as to graduate the pressure on and around the corn or bunion in the desired manner to effect the end in view. The shape of the protector may vary according to the part to which it is to be applied, tn the case of large and painful bunions or enlarged joints, it is advisable to taken casting or 30 mould of the part and to construct a shield fitted accurately thereto. In the case o smaller bunions the protector may be constructed in stock sizes, one of winch 'ill be applicable without special fitting. By the use of my improved shield, the most inveterate and painful bunion, enlarged joints and the like, may be subjected to a gentle pressure, decreasing at the middle to a very slight pressure. Moreover, the 35 impervious shield retains the whole of the natural moisture of the parts, and keeps the same in the most favourable condition for the gradual absorption of the moi nd growth, and the restoration of the natural condition of the part. Is £1 HSSS [Price 84.]