Specification of William Edward Gedge : pessary.

  • Gedge, William Edward.
Date:
1870
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of William Edward Gedge : pessary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * r, * A.D. 1869, 18th December. N°3662. V'V'N 'X.'N/V'V*' Pessary. LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of the Eirm of John Gedge and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of “ An Improved System of Pessary.55 — A communication from abroad by Celina Lebrun and Adrienne Lebrun, Midwives, and Henri Houze, Medical Student, all of Paris, France. Sealed the 14th June 1870, and dated the 18th December 1869. PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th December 1869. I, William Edward Gedge, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, 6 of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ An Improved System of Pessary,55 a communication to me from abroad by Celina Lebrun and Adrienne Lebrun, Midwives, and Henri Houze, Medical Student, all of Paris, France, to be as follows :— 10 A pessary upon this improved system is illustrated on the accom¬ panying Diagram. A, A, indicating the body, varying from 2/3 of an