A NEW MEANS OR REMEDY FOR THE CURE OF SYPHILITIC AND GONORRHOEAL DISEASES
Year: 1884

page_text: I EDGAR LAWTON of N° 5 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW MEANS OR REMEDY FOR THE
CURE OF SYPHILITIC AND GONORRHOEAL DISEASES " A communication to me from
abroad by John Carder and Isidro Parra, of Libano, Tolema, United States of
Columbia, to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object a new or improved means or remedy for the:
cure of syphilitic or gonorrhoetic diseases, such as Balanitis, Balanorrhoea, Bubo,
Chancre, Gonorrhoea, Syphilitic vegetations, and warts, Syphilitic ulcerations of
the mouth, nostrils, pharynx, tonsils, and other similar diseases.
It consists in the application to the parts affected, of the flowers and leaves of
the Jackarandra tree, a tree or shrub which is chiefly found in Central America.
.
It may be applied either in the form of a syrup, or a tincture.
The syrup contains one part alcohol to three parts syrup.
The tincture consists of the leaves macerated in alcohol.
The alcohol is used solely to preserve the liquids in transition.
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Dated this 25th day of January 1884.
HUGHES & SON,
5, Chancery Lane, W.O.

page_text: 1, EDGAR LAWTON, of 5 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "A NEW MEANS OR REMEDY FOR THE
and in what manner the same
CURE OF SYPHILITIC AND GONORRHOEAL DISEASES
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention has for its object a new or improved remedy or cure for syphilitic
or gonorrhoeal diseases such as Balanitis, Blenorrhoea, Bubo, Chancre, Gonorrhoea,
Syphilitic vegetations and warts of the mouth, nostrils, pharynx or tonsils, and
similar diseases.
My invention is, based upon the discovery of the remarkable properties of, the
Jacaranda, a tree or shrub of the genus Bignoniaceae chiefly found in South"
America. And the said invention consists in the preparation, for either internal
or external application, of an extract of the leaves, flowers, bark, root, or stem of
this tree or shrub.
This extract is, according to my invention, manufactured in the form of either a
syrup, tincture, infusion, or other pharmaceutical preparation.
In practising my invention, I proceed as follows, that is to say: I take the
leaves, flowers, bark, root or stem of the said tree or shrub and macerate or infuse
the same in alcohol, in the proportion of about two-and-a-half ounces of the leaves
or other parts of the said tree or shrub to one pint of alcohol of proof strength;
these proportions may, however, be somewhat varied if desired. I allow this
maceration or infusion to continue for a period of from four to seven days, more or
The mixture is then filtered or
less, according to the quality of the raw material.
strained and the liquid obtained therefrom is diluted with water and is then ready
for use as medicine. If, however, the extract is to be used externally, its dilution
is usually unnecessary.
I do not confine myself to the precise manner above described of obtaining the
extract, as the raw material may be treated in any other suitable manner that will
effect the desired result.
.
The extract or preparation thus obtained, when properly used, will exert its
curative or remedial influences upon the disease it is designed to eradicate, without
the injurious effects produced by other medicines ordinarily used in the treatment
of the above named maladies.
:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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The manufacture of an extract or preparation of the Jacaranda tree or shrub,
substantially as, and for the purposes, herein described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co..
For the Applicant.