An Improved Bag or Case Containing the Materials for Making a Poultice or Fomentation for Medicinal Use.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th .ec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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An Improved Bag or Case Containing the Materials for Making a
Poultice or Fomentation for Medicinal Use.
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I, EDWARD KENT, of 20, Royal Exchange, in the County of London, Chemist
and Druggist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :--
My invention relates to an improved bag or case containing the materials for
making a poultice or fomentation for medicinal use, which consists of a bag sewn or
otherwise closed at the edges after the material has been enclosed; the said bag
being quilted or sewn into small squares in order to keep the material evenly
distributed.
The bag is constructed of closely woven or waterproof material at the back, and
muslin or any other suitable open material at the front.
Icharge the bag with mustard, linseed, chamomile or any other medicinal com-
pound usually used for a poultice or fomentation.
The object of my invention is to form a portable poultice by sewing round the
edges and stitching across in any suitable manner after the material has been
enclosed.
Dated this 9th day of December 1890.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bag or Case Containing the Materials for Making a
Poultice or Fomentation for Medicinal Use.
I, EDWARD KENT, of 20, Royal Exchange, in the County of London, Chemist
and Druggist, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved .bag or case containing the materials for
making a poultice or fomentation for human-medical or veterinary purposes, which
consists of a bag sewn or otherwise closed at the edges after the material has been
enclosed; the said bag being quilted or sewn into small squares or otherwise in
order to keep the material evenly distributed.
I attain these objects by the illustration in the accompanying drawing, in
which―
Fig. 1 is the top view of the entire poultice ;
Fig. 2, is a vertical section on line À B, Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 3, a quilted poultice ;
Fig. 4, a divisible poultice.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
The bag or case has two sides herein called respectively the face c and the back b.
The face c of the bag or case is made of muslin or some such soft material more or
less open in texture, and the back 6 is made of linen, cotton or other closely woven
fabric which may (or may not), either be pervious to water or may be rendered
waterproof by a coating of indiarubber, caoutchouc or gutta percha or other suitable
waterproofing material. The face c and back b of the bag or case are joined together
round all their edges by sewing a or other means.
The contents d of the bag or case may consist of ground linseed or ground
mustard or fomentation herbs or substances or any combination of such ingredients
as may be suitable for poultices or fomentation for the purposes above specified.

page_text: In order to prevent the contents of the bag or case from becoming unduly
concentrated in any part of such bag or case, the latter is quilted or sewn across
laterally and longitudinally (or in any suitable shape or form whatsoever), while
containing the ground linseed or other ingredients, thus subdividing it into several
compartments, or divisions large or small as required by circumstances...
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I sometimes make these cases or bags joined together as in Fig. 1, that is to say
attached one to another by their outer edges; then the connecting material is that
of which either the back or face of the bag or case, or both the back and the face
is made. Connected in this manner several poultices may be conveniently used at
one time when. it is desired to poultice or foment a large area as in Fig. 1; and such
an aggregation of poultices or fomentations may obviously be divided and subdivided
as occasion requires. For example: Fig. 1, may be cut from e to e¹ or from e³ to e
or e to.e, thereby forming a single poultice, a double, treble or quadruple.
When required for use the poultice should be subject to the action of steam, or
immersed for a few seconds in boiling water or, better, by laying the poultice upon
a plate or dish and pouring the boiling water all over it. After which it may be
slightly dried and applied forthwith.
am aware that a poultice consisting of ingredients as hereinbefore described has
been used for the same purpose; but I am not aware that all of the ingredients, in
the proportions stated, and in the manner described has ever been used before.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a poultice, the combination of ingredients, and the bag with the face of open
texture and the back of waterproof material, with sewing and quilting of any shape
or form, substantially as herein described and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a poultice, the combination of the several poultices connected together,
substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.
3. In a poultice, the combination of a double, treble or quadruple poultice adapted
to cover a required surface, substantially as herein described.
4. In a poultice, the combination of the ingredients concentrated in a bag and the
quilting and the several compartments or divisions, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawings.
5. In a poultice, the combination of dividing into several poultices by cutting or
separating the cases or bags where joined together, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of March 1891.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.