Specification of John Newling : truss.

  • Newling, John.
Date:
1858
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of John Newling : truss. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Newling s Improved Truss for Hernia. the ruptured part without interfering with the free action of the body or the comfort of the wearer. It will also be seen that by the double action of lever and body spring, this body spring is merely to secure the pad in its position, and the exceedingly light pressure required for this purpose renders it trifling more than a soft 5 body band and under straps quite unnecessary. Since filing my Provisional Specification I have improved the truss by making the parts smaller and finer, and by using the curved slot instead of the groove shewn in the Drawing attached to my Provisional Specification ; but the principle remains the same. 10 Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, I do not claim the parts taken separately; but I claim the manufacture of a truss composed of a steel band with hinge and lever pad, as herein-before described and shewn. In witness whereof, I, the said John Newling, have hereunto set my 15 hand and seal, the Thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord Qne thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. JOHN NEWLING. (l.s.) LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. 1858.