An improved truss for rupture / [James Dunne Day].

  • Day, James Dunne.
Date:
1898
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Credit: An improved truss for rupture / [James Dunne Day]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7287 A.D. 1807 Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1897 Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1897—Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. An Improved Truss for Rupture. James Dunne Day, Surgeon Major, Army Medical Staff, Junior Army & Navy Club, London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: — It consists of one piece cf elastic material and comprises two front bands, one back band, a longitudinal slit & a circular aperture made all in one piece. The 5 back band goes between the legs, the front bands go on each side of the abdominal wall, pressing on the inguinal canal and abdominal rings. In the centre of the bifurcation of the two front bands a slit extends downwards and opens into a round aperture. The back band is attached behind to a strap which passes through the bracers. Above and in front and on either side the front bands are attached by 10 three or four bands which go around the sides and buckle in the back or sides according to the comfort of the patient. The slit is first opened and the aperture is made large, then the penis and testicles are passed through tin* aperture. The slit is now closed by tapes or straps and the circular aperture is made smaller by closing the slit—straps are adjusted. 15 Dated this 14th day of July 1897. J. D. DAY. Surgeon Major. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. An Improved Truss for Rupture. 20 James Dunne Day, Surgeon Major, Army Medical Staff, Julogli, near Simla, India, 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: — The truss is made of any elastic material either solid or fenestrated, and is 25 somewhat heart shaped with a triangular piece cut out of the base. At the apex of this triangle there is a longitudinal fissure 2 vide drawing, which can be closed by tapes 4 or buckles attached to its sides. The longitudinal fissure is connected with a circular aperture 3 through which the penis and testicle can be passed when the fissure is open, but when closed the testicle and penis cannot be passed. The upper 30 sides of the truss are fitted with bands I which are buckled round the back. The lower end of this heart shaped elastic material ends in one band 5 which passes underneath the legs, and is attached to a strap in the bracers behind. When the testicle and penis have been passed through the circular aperture the longitudinal fissure is then closed by tapes. When the bands are tightened and the bracers [Price