A new medicinal preparation for poulticing and like purposes / [Lilian Betts].

  • Betts, Lilian.
Date:
1905
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Credit: A new medicinal preparation for poulticing and like purposes / [Lilian Betts]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nu 27,937 A.D. 1904 Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1904 Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1905—Accepted, 26th Oct., 1905 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. A New Medicinal Preparation for Poulticing and like purposes. I, Lilian Betts of 3 Lime Grove, Oxford Road, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Married Woman, do hereby declare the nature of the said inven¬ tion to be as follows •— This invention refers to and consists of a preparation for the cure or relief 5 chiefly of gatherings, swellings, boils, abscesses, and the like, as well as for various other forms of ailments in which a poultice is usually employed. According to this invention the preparation consists of the following ingre¬ dients in or about the following proportions, viz;—In 100 parts, (1). Linseed meal - - - - - 60 parts 10 (2). Slippery elm (cortex ulme fulva) - - - 35 ,, (3). Quince-seed (semen cvdonia) - - - 5 ,, The several ingredients are in powdered form, mixed with each other, and kept or sold in packets, tins or bottles. When required for use a suitable quantity is taken to form a poultice of the 15 required size. Such quantity is then placed in a vessel and moistened with hot water, until the whole forms a glutinous mass. In such state the mixture is then placed on or in a cloth and applied to the affected part in like manner to an ordinary poultice. For some purposes the mixture may be used cold, or dry and either as a 20 poultice or as an ointment or embrocation. Dated this 20th dav of December 1904. For the Applicant, JOHN. G. WILSON & Co. Manchester. 25 Agents. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. A New Medicinal Preparation for Poulticing and like purposes I, Lilian Betts of 3 Lime Grove, Oxford Road, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Married Woman, do> hereby declare the nature of this invention 30 and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—- This invention refers to and consists of a preparation for the cure or relief chiefly of gatherings, swellings, boils, abscesses, and the like. It is also ’ \Trice