An ointment for medicinal purposes / [Henry John Colton].

  • Colton, Henry John.
Date:
1902
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An ointment for medicinal purposes / [Henry John Colton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    W 2455 A.D*1902 Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1902—Accepted, 13th Mar., 1902 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. An Ointment for Medicinal Purposes. I, Henry John Colton, of, 720 Eomford Eoad, Manor Park, Essex. Gentlemen, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: — ^ This invention relates to an ointment for medicinal purposes, which is particu¬ larly suitable for use in cases of eczema, abscesses, for corns, scalds burns, poisoned fingers, hands or feet, ulcerated legs breakings out on the lips and for other ailments of a similar character. In carrying this invention into practical efiect, the ointment is made by P' thoroughly incorporating five ounces of wax, preferably consisting of equal parts of white and brown bees wmx, with three ounces of resin and one pint of linseed oil, the whole being sufficiently heated to dissolve the solid ingredients, or greater or lesser quantities of the ingredients may be employed, so long as the pro¬ portions are retained. 15 This ointment may be employed for drawing’ and healing purposes, and in practice it is first preferably applied somewhat freely on a clean linen rag, and wEen the wound has been sufficiently drawn and cleaned, and is in a fit con¬ dition for healing, the ointment is applied less freely. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ; — An ointment for medicinal purposes consisting of the ingredients stated in or about the proportions specified. Dated this 29th day of January 1901. 25 CASSELL & Co. Crown Chambers, 9 Eegent Street, London, S.W. Agents for the Applicant. Redhill; Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Love & Malcomson, Ltd.—1902. ^Price 8^?.]