Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1887.
Complete Left, 26th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 27th Sept., 1887.
We, OTTO SCHLATTER, Gentleman, HUGO BURTSCHER, Doctor of Medicine, and
ADOLF SCHMID, Gentleman, all of Bern, Switzerland, do hereby declare the nature of
our invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a tube holding a bandage and salve and has for its purpose
to allow ready assistance to be given in case of accidents.
The apparatus consists of an inner and an outer hollow cylinder, pressed from pure
tin-metal, which is little subject to oxidation and air- and water-tight even if very
thin so as to prevent any volatile substances that may be contained in the tube from
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escaping. The outer tube is closed by a cap of the same metal soldered on to it.
inner tube is about 11 mm., the outer about 25 mm. in diameter, the length being
about 85 mm. The inner tube is filled with a 2 per cent. thymole-ointment or any
other salve or dressing matter of suitable composition and it is closed by a screw cap
the ointment being supplied in any desired quantity by pressure on the bottom of the
tube. Round this tube is wound a bandage of about 170 cm. in length and 6 cm. in
breadth and impregnated with any convenient solution. At the commencement of
the bandage is wound in a piece of any suitable antiseptic wound-protective, at the
other end being inserted a piece of caoutchouc-riband in the shape of an elastic ring.
The bottom of the large or outer tube is filled with compressed wadding impregnated
with boracic acid or other suitable solution.
According to requirements the whole material or only part of it may be employed.
Each bandage is furnished with a sufficiently large and strong safety pin or other
fastener.
Owing to its peculiar packing our bandage-tube can be commodiously carried in the
pocket and its contents are protected from any noxious exterior influences, their
application being at the same time without any difficulty.
Dated this 11th day of May 1887
HERBERT & Co.,
67, Strand,
Agents.

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Improved Apparatus for Dressing and Treating Wounds.
We, OTTO SCHLATTER, Gentleman, HUGO BURTSCHER, Doctor of Medicine, and
ADOLF SCHMID, Gentleman, all of Bern, Switzerland, do hereby declare the nature of
our 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 this invention is to provide and secure in a small space and convenient
for carrying such means as are necessary or desirable for the treatment temporary or
otherwise, of wounds.
Such means preferably include all or most of the following, namely, an ointment or
salve, having preferably antiseptic properties-a length of bandage or lint, and means
for securing same, preferably a pin or a rubber band or both, a piece of protective
plaster for the temporary covering of wounds and a piece of cotton wool medicated or
(otherwise.
The invention consists in enclosing such articles or some of them, with or without
such other articles as may be thought desirable in a convenient case of thin sheet tin
or the like so that, they may be readily carried, kept from contact with air, and may
retain their qualities so as to be ready for immediate use at any time.
Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating a convenient method of
performing this invention-
The casing consists of an inner and an outer hollow cylinder a and b respectively
pressed from pure sheet tin, which is little subject to oxidation and air and water
tight even if very thin, so as to prevent any volatile substances that may be contained
in the tube from escaping. The outer tube b is closed by a cap b¹ of the same
metal soldered or otherwise fixed onto it. The inner tube is about 11 mm., the outer
about 25 mm. in diameter, the length being about 85 nm. The inner tube a is
filled with a 2 per cent. thymole-ointment or any other salve or dressing matter of
suitable composition and it is closed by a screw cap a¹ the ointment being supplied
in any desired quantity by pressure on the bottom of the tube. Round this tube a
is wound a bandage c of lint or the like about 170 cm. in length and 6 cm. in
breadth and impregnated with carbolic or other antiseptic or other convenient
solution. At the commencement of the bandage is wound together therewith a piece
of any suitable antiseptic wound-protective plaster. e is a pin or fastener stuck or
wound in with the bandage. The end of the pin may be caused to project and the
rubber band d wound around it and the end of the tube a. The bottom of the
outer tube b is filled with compressed wadding f impregnated with boracic acid or
other suitable solution.
According to requirements the whole material or only part of it may be employed.
Owing to its peculiar packing, our bandage-tube can be commodiously carried in
the pocket and its contents are protected from any noxious exterior influences, their
application being at the same time without any difficulty.

page_text: The thymole-ointment, which we preferably employ, consists of 400 parts lead soap,
380 parts vaseline, 50 parts bee's wax, 100 parts olive oil and 20 parts thymole.
The oxide of lead is soaped with purest olive oil and the whole composition has a
very good covering capacity. The salve acts efficaciously on a wound for a long time
and retains even if applied in the thinnest possible layer, its protecting quality. The
admixture of vaseline serves to prevent the ointment from becoming rancid and at the
same time ensures a uniform consistency.
The thymole may be replaced by any other convenient matter for instance carbole,
jodoform, boracic acid, salicylic acid etc. etc. We give preference to thymole on
account of its pleasant smell, freedom of irritable qualities for the skin, and its
acknowledged antiseptic effect.
The wound protective serving to hermetically protect the wound is made of cotton
material rendered waterproof with a compound of bee's wax, vaseline and pine resin
and subsequently impregnated with a 20 per cent. solution of salicylic acid. The latter
is fixed on the wax surface as a thin layer by means of benzole-resin. Thus this fabric
retains its softness, does not become brittle and secures the salicylic acid in an unaltered
state. Its size is about 5 cm. square.
The wadding is hygroscopic and impregnated with boracic acid. It is compressed
as much as possible and serves to suitably fill out the bottom of the metal tube.
In using the device unscrew the head screw and press the tube on its lower third
part sideways with your fingers, there will come out the wound-salve of the unscrewed
mouth of the tube.
This wound salve is to be employed against sore feet, or wherever the skin is
inflamed and sore by riding or walking; against singes, ulcers and slight scratchings
of the skin. Never take more of the salve than it is necessary, and then screw the
cap tightly up on the tube.
If an injury is so serious that the simple use of the salve should not be sufficient and
a regular bandage wanted, tear off the bottom of the tube, peel down its metallic
mantle, and you will find the dressing-materials.
If the wound is quite clean, that is to say, if no kind of staining has been caused by
the nature of the injury, put the wound-silk, rolled into the further part of the bandage,
upon the wound, and fasten the whole with the bandage in the usual manner-Such a
dressing protects every wound against pernicious influences.
But if the wound has been stained by unclean objects, or immediately afterwards,
make use of the flock of wadding as a sponge and clean the wound with it, as well as
possible, before putting the protective on it.
Clean water is most proper for washing a wound, and if there is no such at hand, it.
is preferable to wipe it out with the dry flock of wadding.
A wound dressing applied in this manner will still by itself every common and in-
noxious bleeding, and a slight bleeding is in itself harmless, whilst a superfluous and
unsuitable stilling of the blood may often produce serious disadvantages.
But for bleedings of a more severe nature compress with a finger the original spot
of the bleeding, take the wound silk, lay it over the wound, and put the flock of
wadding exactly in the place of the finger which is compressing the bleeding vein.
The wadding is then firmly pressed against the bleeding spot, and so takes the place
of the pressing finger.
If the pressure of the bandage should not be quite sufficient, you may make use of
the elastic ring and let it likewise press upon the wadding. You may even render its
effect still more precise by putting over the wadding a hard object, for instance a piece
of money or a small pebble &c. and only then applying the elastic ring.
If, by following these proceedings of dressing a wound, the bleeding be ever so
completely stilled, the expert help of a surgeon is, notwithstanding, to be looked for.
In case that the elastic ring be not employed for stilling the blood, which will be
the rule in far the greatest number of injuries, it can be used for fixing the bandage.
This is effected by forming, with it and the end of the bandage, a double sling, by
which you may regulate the elastic tie to your liking.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
1. The packing of wound dressing materials in tin tubes substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
2. The combination of tubes a and b substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3. A compressible tube a containing ointment, and having cap or stopper a¹-a
bandage c wound about said tube, a piece of wound protective, a pin or fastener, an
elastic band, a piece of cotton wool medicated or otherwise, in combination with a
cylinder 6 having cap 6' substantially as set forth.
4. Separate packing of said wound ointment and of said other wound dressing
materials in tin tubes.