IMPROVED PREPARA- TIONS FOR THE CURL AND PREVENTION OF TOOTHACHE AND THE PRESERVATION OF TARON"
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Moses Abraham Prenslan, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Dentist, for the Invention of "IMPROVED PREPARA-
LETTERS PATENT to Moses Abraham Prenslan, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Dentist, for the Invention of "IMPROVED PREPARA-
TIONS FOR THE CURL AND PREVENTION OF TOOTHACHE AND THE PRESERVATION OF
TARON"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Moses Abraham Prenslan
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patants, with his Petition, on
the 15th February 1861.
I, MOSES ABBAHAM PRENSLAN, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF TOOTHACHE AND THE PRESERVA-
TION OF TEETH," to be as follows:-
For the cure of toothache I use "oil of paper" obtained by exposed burning
or destruction of paper made from a vegetable fibre, and this "oil of paper"
I apply to decayed or aching teeth by itself with cotton, or by any of the other
known methods."
For the prevention of toothache and preservation of teeth I take "oil of
paper," obtained as above described, sulpher, rock salt, orris root, and wood
ashes, and mix together, the compound so prepared is to be used as a tooth
powder.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Moses Abraham Prenslan in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 12th August 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MOSES
ABRAHAM PRENSLAN, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Dentist, send
greeting..
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 sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Moses Abraham Prenslan, Her special licence that I, the said
Moses Abraham Prenslan, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Moses Abraham Prenslan, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter 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 "IMPROVED PREPARATIONS FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF TOOTHACHE AND
THE PRESERVATION OF TEETH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Moses Abraham Prenslan, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly 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 immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Moses Abraham Prenslan, 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 (that is to say) :-
For the cure of toothache I use "oil of paper " obtained by exposed burning
or destruction by fire of paper made from a vegetable fibre, and this "oil of
paper "I apply to aching teeth by itself with cotton, or by any of the other
known methods.
I have found the following process most suitable for the procuration of the
maximum quantity of the said "oil of paper'
." best adapted for the purpose
just named-Ou a flat smooth surface of porcelain I place a quantity of paper
loosely piled up, to this I apply a light, and allow it to burn until the flame

page_text: dies out, when I remove the ashes and find the oil over or adhering to the
surface of the vessel.
For the prevention of toothache and preservation of teeth I take "oil of
paper," obtained as above described, sulphur, rock salt, orris root, and wood
ashes, and mix together, the compound so prepared being used as a tooth
powder.
The following proportions, by weight, of the substances just named when
well mixed together, I prefer, vizt.-One grain of "oil of paper," sixteen grains
of sulphur, four grains of rock salt, sixteen grains of orris root, and four grains
of wood ashes.
Having now fully described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and how I believe the same may be most successfully used or carried into
effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the
particular process or method herein described of obtaining or manufacturing
"oil of paper," as many similar or like arrangements or vessels may be used,
neither do I confine myself to any particular means or method of applying
the same, nor to any particular proportion of the ingredients in the tooth
powder for the prevention of toothache and preservation of teeth; but I claim
as my Invention, the use and application of "oil of paper for the purposes
set forth, whether used by itself, or prepared in combination or mixture with
any or every of the substances above named, all as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Moses Abraham Prenslan, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
MOSES ABRAHAM PRENSLAN. (L.B.)
In the presence of
JOHN THOMSON KING,
Patent Agent,
4, Clayton Square,
Liverpool.