Specification of Richard Archibald Brooman : abdominal supporters.

  • Brooman, Richard Archibald.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Specification of Richard Archibald Brooman : abdominal supporters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 A.D. 1853.—N° 1315. JBroomans Improvements in Abdominal Supporters. a manner as to ride over the hips and follow the curvature of the body, they are cushioned on the inside to prevent the edges chafing the skin. b, is the supporting pad, which is held to an adjustable cross bar having links, by which it may be opened or closed to adapt it to various wearers, the ends of the bar being fastened to the steel pieces a, as 5 shown. In order to give the proper angle to the pad, so that it may follow the curvature of the lower part of the bowels, an elliptical spring e, is combined with the steel strap, by .which it is held to the adjustable cross piece. This tends to keep the supporter down, and allows the ^ abdomen to rest upon it, thereby raising or keeping the abdomen up. As this pressure is transmitted to the steel springs a, they must be prevented from dragging upon the hips and drawing the spine, as it were, over, and producing a sensation of fatigue instead of rest. To avoid this the back is made to take the strain at several points, so dis- 15 tributed that the adjustment will be retained in every position, as represented at /, and g, Fig. 1. It will be seen that the tendency of the two pads /, is to act as a lever (the pad being the fulcrum) to raise up the front pad b, and give the proper support. LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1853.