AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION TO BE USED EXTERNALLY FOR PREVENTING SEA SICKNESS AND ILLNESS ARISING SIMILAR CAUSES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Pierre Molinari, of Marseilles, in the Empire of
France, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION TO BE USED
EXTERNALLY FOR PREVENTING SEA SICKNESS AND ILLNESS ARISING
SIMILAR CAUSES."
Sealed the 16 April 1858, and dated the 15th February 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,left by the said Pierre Molinari at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,, on the
15th February 1858.
I, PIERRE MOLINARI, of Marseilles, in the Empire of France, do hereby
declare 'the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION TO BE USED
EXTERNALLY FOR PREVENTING SEA SICKNESS AND ILLNESS ARISING FROM SIMILAR
CAUSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in preventing sea sickness and illness arising from
similar causes, by the use of a preparation which is composed of vinegar, to
which rue, thyme, mint, rosemary, absinth, turmeric, the green husks of wal-
nuts, rocou, poppy heads and potash are added. A piece of wadding.or other
similar material is soaked in the preparation, and applied to the pit of the
stomach.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
'by the said Pierre Molinari in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th April 1858.-

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Pierre Molinari, Her special licence that I, the said Pierre Molinari,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Pierre Molinari, my executors, administrators, and, assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED COM.
POSITION TO BE USED EXTERNALLY FOR PREVENTING SEA SICKNESS AND ILLNESS
ARISING FROM SIMILAR CAUSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Pierre Molinari, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in
the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme:
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Pierre Molinari, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in preventing sea sickness and illness arising from
'similar causes, by the use of a preparation which is composed of vinegar, to
which rue, thyme, mint, rosemary, absinth, turmeric, the green husks of wall-
nuts,rocou, poppy heads, and potash are added. A piece of wadding or other
similar material is soaked in the preparation and applied to the pit of the
*stomach.
.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe more fully the manner of preparing my composition. I first soak
in a pint and three quarters of vinegar for about 12 hours the following
substances:-
:
Rue
-oz.
Turmeric
.
Thyme
oz.
Green husks of walnuts
.Powdered mint
oz.
Rocou (annotto)
Rosemary
oz.
Potash
Absinth (wormwood)
oz.
A poppy head.
-
oz.
-oz.
oz.
oz.
(13
After these substances have been soaked in the vinegar for 12 hours, the
7. 01.

page_text: whole is boiled for half an hour, after which it is strained through fine linen;
pieces of filtering paper in four or five thicknesses, measuring about 10 inches
by 7 inches, are then soaked in the solution. The pieces of paper when dry,
are sewn around the edges to pieces of some light fabric, wadding being placed
between the paper and the fabric, or the wadding itself may be soaked in the
solution, and tapes are attached to the fabric in order to fix it to the person;
by applying pieces of paper or wadding prepared in the above manner to the
pit of the stomach, sea sickness and illness arising from similar causes, such
as the shaking of railway and other carriages, is prevented.
In witness whereof, I, the said Pierre Molinari, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
E. REY,
Employed at Marseilles,
K. Peirier, 27.
PIERRE MOLINARI. (L.S.)