IMPROVED MATERIALS FOR SURGICAL SPLINTS
Year: 1884

page_text: I SAMPSON GAMGEE of 22 Broad Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVED MATERIALS FOR
SURGICAL SPLINTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improved materials for surgical splints.
Mill board is a material long used in surgery as splintage; it is moistened to.
prepare it for use and, in this state is moulded to the limb, it takes many hours
to dry and solidify sufficiently to give the necessary support.
According to my invention I prepare a mill board into which narrow strips of
sheet zinc or other stiffening material are laid whilst the mill board is in process
of manufacture. These strips are parallel or nearly parallel and they resist flecture
of the material in one direction of the sheet even when the mill board is softened
but in the other direction they leave the material as pliable as if the strips were.
absent. I perforate the mill board also with parallel lines of holes to facilitate the
division of it into portions of the desired width. I sometimes also saturate the
mill board with compositions of pitch or wax in order that it may be rendered
pliable by heat.

page_text: I, SAMPSON GAMGEE of 22 Broad Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVED MATERIALS FOR
SURGICAL SPLINTS and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
"
This Invention has for its object improved materials for surgical splints.
Mill board is a material long used in surgery as splintage; it is moistened to
prepare it for use and in this state is moulded to the limb; it takes many hours
to dry and solidify sufficiently to give the necessary support.
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According to my invention I prepare a mill board into which narrow strips of
sheet zinc, wire, wood, or other stiffening material are laid whilst the mill board is
in process of manufacture. These strips are parallel or nearly parallel and they
resist flexure of the material in one direction of the sheet even when the mill board
is softened but in the other direction they leave the material as pliable as if the
strips were absent. I perforate the millboard also with parallel lines of holes to
facilitate the division of it into portions of the desired width. I sometimes also
saturate the mill board with compositions of various gums pitch or wax in order
that it may be rendered pliable by heat or moisture or both, so as to be made into
strong and convenient moulds for the treatment of surgical injuries in civil and
military practice.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in' what manner the same is be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The hereinbefore described improved material for surgical splints consisting
of mill board in which narrow strips of sheet zinc, wire, wood or other stiffening
material are embedded.
2.―The hereinbefore described improved material for surgical splints consisting
of mill board in which narrow strips of sheet zinc, wire, wood or other stiffening
material are embedded and which is also perforated with parallel lines of holes to
facilitate its division.
3. The manufacture of material for surgical splints substantially as hereinbefore
described.