Improvements in the means employed for protecting sores, wounds, and the like from external injury / [Martin Pitsch].

  • Pitsch, Martin.
Date:
1895
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Credit: Improvements in the means employed for protecting sores, wounds, and the like from external injury / [Martin Pitsch]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Date of Application, 4th Feb., 18)5 Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1895—Accepted, 7th Dec,, 1895 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Improvements in the Means Employed for Protecting Sores, Wounds, and the like from External Injury. I, JVLarttn Pitsch, of Charlottenburg, in the German Empire, Gentleman, do hereby deciare the nature of this invention to be as follows :— The object of this invention is to provide means for protecting sores, or injured or diseased parts of the body from injurious external influences of any kin:], while 5 at the same time dispensing with bandages. The protective means consists of a hollow body assuming the shape of a cap or case, and provided with a Hat edge or flange adapted to rest upon the healthy skin or tissue surrounding the sore or injured part to be protected. This hollow protecting body is secured in position over the diseased part by means of strips, 10 bandages, or if required, by means of a piece of gauze. This means of protection is fit for use in any case falling into the province of surgery, both for men and animals. The invention will be best understood by reference to the drawings accompanying this Specification, in which Figs. 1 to 9 and Figs. 12 to 16 indicate the subject of 15 the invention in various forms to suit different circumstances. Figs. 1 to 9 illustrate a cap shaped means of protection ; In Figs. 12 to 14 the improved means assumes the shape of half a sleeve ; and Figs. 15 to 16 represent the same in the shape of a complete sleeve ; while Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate the manner of fixing the protecting cap in position. 20 The most simple form in which this invention can be performed is represented in Figs. 1 and 5, in which Fig. 1 is a section and Fig. 5 a plan of a cap shaped protection. It is suited for small sores, abrasions and punctures. The hollow body here consists of a hemispherical cap a with a concentric flat edge h; an annular plaster c, with a circular slot or aperture cut out of it, serves to secure the 25 cap a in position.. The edge b need not be closed or form a continuous piece throughout; but it should consist, in preference, of two or more flaps d, d, as shown in Fig. 9, which may be on any suitable shape. Instead of the annular plaster, a plaster strip e (Fig. 10,) or a number of small 30 strips ff (Fig. 11) of the same nature, with a circular space left open in each case, may be used. When it is desired to inspect the sore or abrasion without removing or raising the cap, the concave portion of the same may be provided with any number of perforations of suitable size. 35 In the section Fig. 2 and plan Fig. 6, the cap a is provided with a large aperture g for this purpose ; while in Figs. 3 and 7, (respectively section and plan), a number of small perforations h, h, are provided ; and in Figs. 4 and 8, (also section and plan), the cap has a sieve like appearance from its numerous perforations i. 40 Perforated caps such as these enable, as stated, the growth and development of swellings or ulcers, or the healing of sores of any kind to be observed ; and they admit of treating all such injuries with antiseptics, without the removal of the protective cap. In addition to this, free access is afforded to the external air, whereby, in most cases, the healing process is materially accelerated. 45 The form or configuration of the cap and the method of fixing the same must in all cases depend upon the shape or outline of the injured or diseased part to be [ Price 8</.] * ......