An Improved Ointment for Medicinal Purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left; 7th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ointment for Medicinal Purposes.
We, WILLIAM MAYFIELD GIBSON, of 47, Tong Moor Road, Bolton, in the County
of Lancaster, Painter and Decorator, and JAMES MILES, of 168, Ainsworth Road,
Radcliffe, near Manchester, in the same County, Grinder and Glazier, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say:-
It relates to an improved ointment for medicinal purposes particularly for
the treatment of skin diseases such as eczema and other ailments to which the
skin is subject and consists in compounding certain ingredients or substances
in the manner hereinafter described.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ lard, olive oil, nitric acid,
mercury and powdered helebore which we compound and use in the manner
and in about the following proportions-
We take say sixteen parts by weight of lard and add to it four parts also by
weight of olive oil, these we place in a suitable receptacle and heat to the
boiling point.
In another suitable receptacle we place three parts by weight of mercury and
the same quantity of nitric acid and leave them until the acid has combined
with the mercury.
After the lard and oil have been boiled and while they are still warm or at
a comparatively high temperature we add the mixture of mercury and acid in
such a manner as by agitating or otherwise, that these ingredients are thoroughly
mixed together. We then add two parts of the powdered helebore and stir so
that on cooling all the parts are incorporated and form the ointment ready for
use.
In applying the ointment it is advisable to cleanse the outer surface of the
diseased part of the skin by washing it with a weak solution of common soda
and water (say an ounce of soda in one gallon of water) after which the ointment
may be thinly spread over the part it has to act upon.
1000
WM. M. GIBSON,
JAMES MILES,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.

page_text: Radcliffe, near Manchester, in the same County, Grinder and Glazier, 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, that is to say:-
It relates to an improved ointment for medicinal purposes particularly for
the treatment of skin diseases such as, eczema and other ailments to which the
skin is subject and consists in compounding certain ingredients or substances
in the manner hereinafter described.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ lard, olive-oil, mercury and
powdered helebore which we compound and use in the manner and in about the
proportions as follows:-
We take say sixteen parts, by weight, of lard and add to it four parts, also by
weight, of olive oil, these we place in a suitable pan or receptacle and heat to
the boiling point..
In another suitable receptacle (the inner walls of which are prepared to resist
the actions of nitric acid upon them) we place three parts by weight of mercury
and the same quantity by weight of nitric acid and leave them until the acid
has combined with the mercury.
After the lard and oil have been boiled and while they are still warm or at
a comparatively high temperature we add the mixture of mercury and acid in
such a manner as by agitation or otherwise, that these ingredients are thoroughly
mixed together. We then add two parts by weight, of the powdered helebore
and stir so that on cooling all the parts are incorporated and form the ointment
ready for use.
In applying the ointment it is advisable to cleanse the outer surface of the
diseased part of the skin by washing it with a weak solution of common soda
and water (say an ounce of soda to one gallon of water) after which the ointment
may be thinly spread over the part it has to act upon.
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. An ointment for medicinal purposes the same consisting of the several
substances specified compounded together substantially as set forth.
2. An ointment compounded of the substances stated and the method of apply-
ing same substantially as herein specified.
Dated this 6th day of September 1899.
SAMUEL HEY,
Agent for Applicants.