Improvements in bandages / [Clara Jane Higgins].

  • Higgins, Clara Jane.
Date:
1903
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in bandages / [Clara Jane Higgins]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 10 15 20 2j 30 35 40 45 N° 20,129 A.D. 1902 Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1902—Accepted, 30th July, 1903 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Bandages. I, Clara Jane Higgins, of Wanatah, in the County of Laporte and State of Indiana, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this in¬ vention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: My invention relates to certain improvements in bandages, and particularly to bandages of that class employed for the protection of the end of the umbilical cord immediately after parturition, and has for its principal object to provide an improved form of bandage for the reception and protection of the end of the cord with a view of preventing excoriation and premature sloughing. A further object is to so arrange'and construct a bandage of this character that it may be opened at any time to examine the condition of the umbilical cord, or for the application of a medicament. A still further object of the invention is to render the bandage independent of the usual abdominal band so that the latter may be removed when soiled without disturbing the umbilical bandage or protector, and prevent movement of the latter, should the abdominal band work up or down or around the body from movement of the infant. A still further object of the invention is to provide a bandage or protector which will prevent the passage of moisture to a considerable extent and at the same time permit of proper ventilation. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel con¬ struction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. In the drawing: . , Figure 1 is a perspective view, illustrating an abdominal band and an/ umbilical cord bandage or protector constructed in accordance with my im en- Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the bandage members. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the bandage or protector, showing the various members of the bandage detached. Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawing. 5 designates a pad formed of an inner and an outer layer of cloth b, and an intervening layer of water proof material, such as rubber faced cloth or oiled silk The three layers are preferably united by stitching or otherwise, and through the center of the pad is formed an opening 8 of sufficient size to permit the Passage of the umbilical cord; the stump of the cord being drawn through the opening while one of the soft layers of cloth is in contact with the body as a protection against the rubber or other water proof material. This pad is en¬ tirely separate and distinct from the abdominal band and moves with the body, preventing excoriation and any injurious contact between the wall of the open- mfn orikr^o twd the use of antiseptic cotton, which is extremely difficult to remove, and in many cases dangerous to employ I cover the stump with a 1,11 niece of soft fabric 9, which may be saturated with a suitable antiseptic, and which may be readily removed should it become necessary to examine [ Price 8<A]