Improvements in medicinal washes and lotions / [Edith Lucy Griffin].

  • Griffin, Edith Lucy.
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in medicinal washes and lotions / [Edith Lucy Griffin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 1 7,517 A.D. 1895 Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1895—Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Medicinal Washes and Lotions. I, Edith Lucy Griffin, Priory Lodge, Sydenham Boad, Guildford, Surrey, Certificated Accoucheuse, do hereby declare the nature o£ 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 object of my invention is to produce a lotion or wash for cleansing and hardening the nipples and so preventing bad breasts : and although primarily intended for the use of nursing mothers, is equally applicable for hardening the nipples of those who are approaching confinement. The ingredients of my improved lotion or wash are as follows : and I use them in or in about the 10 proportions mentioned, that is to say :— Powdered alum Powdered borax dissolved in :— 15 Glycerine - Lose water 1 drachm 2 ounces J ounce. This lotion is applied to the nipples with a piece of soft linen or the like each time after the child has been at the breast, allowing a little of it to dry on the nipples. The lotion is applicable to any other purpose where analogous results are 20 required. I do not confine myself to the precise quantities or relative proportions of each of the ingredients as mentioned above as any or all of them may be varied as required without departing from the spirit of my invention. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven- 25 tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I claim is :— 1. In medicinal washes and lotions for dressing and hardening the nipples of nursing mothers and others, and for analogous purposes the combination of alum, borax, glycerine and rose water in suitable proportions substantially as described 30 in the above Specification. Dated this 19th day of September 1895. HUGHES & YOUNG, 23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant. London : Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office,by Darling «k Son,Ltd.—1895