A Box for Holding all the Requisites for Making Poultices.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 14th Dec.. 1891-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Box for Holding all the Requisites for Making Poultices.
I, MARGUERITE DONEGAN, of 28 Swinton Grove, Chorlton on Medlock,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Certified Nurse, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a box or receptacle
for containing all the requisites for making poultices, my object being to enable all
the necessary articles to be stored together in a compact convenient and portable
form.
In carrying my invention into effect I propose to make a box or receptacle of
tinned sheet iron or other suitable material and of any convenient size. The box
is provided with a lid the sides of which are preferably arranged to fall down when
the box is opened so as to form a flat surface upon which the "linen can be placed
and the poultice spread. The interior of the box is divided into any convenient
number of compartments to contain tins for the linseed and mustard, as well as a
spirit lamp and stand, a kettle, a bottle to hold methylated spirits, a box of matches,
a tray in which the poultice is mixed, a spatula and beneath the tray is a space in
which linen etc. may be kept.
Dated this 12th day of March 1891.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Box for Holding all the Requisites for Making Poultices.
1, MARGUERITE DONEGAN, of 28 Swinton Grove, Chorlton on Medlock,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Certified Nurse, 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 refers to the construction and arrangement of a box or receptacle
for containing all the requisites for making poultices, my object being to enable all
the necessary articles to be stored together in a compact, convenient, and portable
form.
In carrying my invention into effect I propose to make a box or receptacle of
tinned sheet iron or other suitable material and of any convenient size. The box
is provided with a lid, the sides of which are preferably arranged to fall down when
the box is opened so as to form a flat surface upon which the linen can be placed
and the poultice spread; the interior of the box is divided into any convenient
number of compartments to contain the various necessaries for making poultices
plasters and the like.
My invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying
drawing on which
Figure 1 is a plan of the box showing the lid opened and laid flat,
Figure 2 is a cross section on the line X Y of Figure 1, and
Figure 3 is a transverse section about the line X Y₁ of Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows an end view of the box closed.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the various figures.
A is the body of the box, B is the flat surface of the lid bent at the part adjacent
to the side of the box A, so as to form a side or edge B' of the lid B, this side B¹
being hinged, best seen at Figure 3, by suitable hinges to the box, and being of

page_text: such depth as to allow the surface of the lid when opened to lie level with,
or in the same plane as the base of the box. Each of the other three sides or
edges B2 B3 B4 of the lid are or may be also hinged to the lid proper B so as to be
folded back level with the lid as shown in Figures 1 and 3. The edges of the sides of
the lid may be provided with sliding bolts C Fig. 1 which may be slidden into
sockets C¹ Fig. 3 on the box when the lid is closed. D is a handle or handles by
which the box may be carried.
The interior of the box is divided into compartments as aforesaid by partitions E
and these compartments contain tins for the linseed F and mustard G and oil H as
well as a spirit lamp and stand J, a kettle K, a bottle L to hold methylated spirits,
a box of matches M, a tray N in which the poultice is mixed, a spatula P, and
beneath the tray is a space in which linen &c., may be kept.
Apparatus constructed and arranged according to my invention is most invaluable
in a sick room and every nurse has from time to time experienced the greatest
difficulty in boiling a kettle and gathering together the various necessaries for the
due accomplishment of a most valuable agent, namely a poultice. It supplies a
want that will be appreciated by every nurse as it is not a clumsy apparatus, but
portable, and can be carried without any inconvenience.
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. A box containing necessaries for preparing poultices or the like, the said box
being provided with a hinged lid so constructed that the latter when opened will lie
in the same plane as the base of the said box, whereby a surface is formed for
spreading or manipulating poultices, plasters or the like upon, as set forth.
2. In boxes for containing necessaries for preparing poultices or the like, a lid
hinged to the said box, the edges of the said lid being hinged to the flat surface
thereof whereby the lid and the sides or edges thereof when opened may be laid
level with the base of the box and form a flat surface for spreading or manipulating
poultices plasters or the like upon, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination with a box having a lid so hinged or constructed as to be
laid flat when opened, of receptacles such as kettle, spirit lamp, tin wherein to mix
the material, spatula, boxes to contain linseed meal and mustard, matches oil
methylated spirit, linen &c., all to be contained within the said box substantially as
herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. The general arrangement, construction and combination of parts composing
my improved box for containing the necessaries for making plasters, poultices
and the like and provided with a surface to spread the same upon, all substantially
as described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of December 1891.
Witness,
E. G. BREWER, Fel. Char. Inst. P.A.
MARGUERITE DONEGAN.