Specification of William Churchill Dempsey : medicines.

  • Churchill Dempsey, William.
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of William Churchill Dempsey : medicines. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dempseys Compound for Removing dl Obstructions of the Air Passages. SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by the said William Churchill Dempsey,, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th November 1856. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, William Churchill Dempsey, send greeting. 5 WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said William Churchill Dempsey, Her special licence that I, the said William 10 Churchill Dempsey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Churchill Dempsey, or my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great 15 Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for “ Reuoying all Obstructions from Air Passages op Singers, Public Speakers, & Readers,” upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Churchill Dempsey, or my executors or administrators, by an in¬ strument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should 20 particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme¬ diately after the date of the said Letters Patent. NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Churchill Dempsey, do hereby 25 declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement;— Take of tincture of squills, rectified spirits of wine coloured, compound spirits of ammonia, tincture of cayenne pepper, pure water, enough to make up 30 an eight-ounce bottle, and to be called Ramah Droogh. Persons taking the Ramah Droogh before singing, public speaking, or reading, will find that the voice does not get distressed, but on the contrary, the compass will be greatly extended. They will be enabled to retain sound with flexibility and lightness, and keep their breath for a longer period without 35,