Specification of Sylvan de Wilde : apparatus for probing shot wounds.

  • Wilde, Sylvan de.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Specification of Sylvan de Wilde : apparatus for probing shot wounds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Apparatus for Probing Shot Wounds. LETTERS PATENT to Sylvan de Wilde, of Alexandra Terrace, Hatcham Park Road, in the County of Kent, C.E., for the Invention of “ Improve¬ ments IN Apparatus used when Probing for Balls or Projectiles.’* Sealed the 5th July 1867, and dated the 14th January 1867. PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sylvan de Wilde at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th January 1867. I, Sylvan de Wilde, of Alexandra Terrace, Hatcham Park Road, in tho 5 County of Kent, C.E, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Improvements in Apparatus used when Probing for Balls or Pro¬ jectiles,” to be as follows:— This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus used when probing for balls or projectiles. In constructing and combining apparatus 10 according to this Invention a probe is formed of non-conducting material, and suitable for entering wounds. Within this probe are two wires or metal con¬ ductors insulated from each other and capable of sliding within the probe which acts as a sheath to cover the two wires or metal conductors. The other ends of the two wires are attached to two binding screws on a stool, table, board, or other suitable structure, on which is fixed an electro-magnet, the armature of which is in connection with the striker or hammer of a bell, so as thereby to give notice when an electric circuit is completed. A galvanic battery is connected to such table, stool, board, or other structure, and a wire