Specification of Marc Antoine François Mannons : apparatus for the conveyance of medicinal substances into the human body.

  • Mennons, Marc Antoine François.
Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Marc Antoine François Mannons : apparatus for the conveyance of medicinal substances into the human body. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Apparatus for the Conveyance of Medicinal Substances into the Human Body. (This Invention received Provisional Protection only.) PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Marc Antoine Frangois Mennons at tbe Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th September 1861.— A communication from Salvator Vinci (M.D), residing at No. 120, Rue de la Pepiniere, Paris. 5 I, Marc Antoine Francois Mennons, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 39, Rue de l’Echequier, Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ An Improved Apparatus por the Conveyance op Medicinal Substances into various Parts op the Human Body,” to be as follows:— 10 This instrument is composed of a tube or rod varying in form, material, and dimensions according to its intended application, and provided externally with one or several longitudinal or spiral grooves serving as receptacles or con¬ ductors to the medicinal substances which it may be necessary to convey into the diseased passage or cavity. 15 For the treatment of affections of the urethra, for instance, the apparatus takes the form of an ordinary bougie, fluted from end to end, the number, spacing, and depth of the grooves being dependent on the nature of the disease and of the medicinal substances to which they serve as vehicle. For vaginal complaints the instrument again changes in form to correspond 20 with the affected part; for lachrymal, fistula, and diseases of the auditory or nasal canals it takes the form of a small fluted probe, and so on ad infinitum.