A NEW MEDICINAL COMPOUND OR PREPARATION FOR THE CURE OR REMOVAL OF CORNS OR OTHER CALLOSITIES ON THE FEET
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eliza Lawrance, of Broadclist, in the County of
Devon, Widow, for the Invention of "A NEW MEDICINAL COMPOUND
OR PREPARATION FOR THE CURE OR REMOVAL OF CORNS OR OTHER CALLOSITIES
ON THE FEET."
Sealed the 7th August 1875, and dated the 4th March 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eliza Lawrance at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition, on the
4th March 1875.
I, ELIZA LAWRANCE, of Broadclist, in the County of Devon, Widow,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A New
MEDICINAL COMPOUND OR PREPARATION FOR THE CURE OR REMOVAL OF CORNS OR
OTHER CALLOSITIES ON THE FEET," to be as follows:―
The most important use of this compound or preparation is to remove
or cure corns on the feet. For this purpose a small portion is put on a
piece of adhesive plaster of suitable size, and is by this means applied
to and kept in position on the corn; or a small portion of the said com-

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pound is placed on the corn, and then covered with and kept in place
by adhesivo plaster or oiled silk, or similar fabric.
By the application of the said compound the corn is rapidly softened,
and may then be removed easily, it being then reduced to the consistency
of soap.
Tho following is a description of what is considered the best method
of preparing the said medicinal compound:-Take in the following
proportions, or near thereto, of soap two ounces, of carbolic acid, one
tablespoonful; and of honey, or treacle, or similar substance, about one-
sixteenth of an ounce, and thoroughly mix these substances together,
either using heat during the process or not.
The said medicinal compound may instead of soap be formed with
any other oleaginous, fatty, or waxy, or mucilaginous substance, or with
a combination of two or more of such substances.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Eliza Lawrance in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 16th August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ELIZA
LAWRANCE, of Broadclist, in the County of Devon, Widow, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successsor,
give and grant unto me, the said Eliza Lawrance, Her special license
that I, the said Eliza Lawrence, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Eliza Lawrance, 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 "A NEW MEDICINAL
COMPOUND OR PREPARATION. FOR THE. CURE. OR REMOVAL OF CORNS OR OTHER

page_text: CALLOSITIES ON THE FEET," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Eliza Lawrance, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
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 Eliza Lawrance, 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) :-
The said Invention has for its object a new medicinal compound or
preparation for the cure or removal of corns or other callosities on the
fcet.
The said medicinal compound is composed in the following way, and
may be mixed in large or small quantities in the following proportions
(that is to say) :-To a quantity of soap (either melted by heat, or grated,
or ground up, or rubbed in a mortar, or by all or any of these or other
means rendered soft and plastic) is to be added a sufficient quantity of
carbolic acid to make the soap into a soft salve. I have obtained very
good results by the use of the said substances in the proportions of two
ounces of the best white curd soap mixed with one tablespoonful of
carbolic acid, about one-sixteenth part of an ounce of honey being added
when the compound is intended for use in a hot climate, in order to
prevent the salve being by the heat of the climate dried up and rendered
unfit for use.
In practice I have found it convenient in preparing the soap to grate
or grind it up in a small table mincing machine, then to pound it in a
mortar before adding to it the carbolic acid. Some soaps are drier and
harder than other soaps, hence it will be evident that the proportion of
carbolic acid will have to be varied to suit the particular kind of soap
used, the proportions used being in all cases such as by the mixture to
form a soft salve.
In very cold weather the mixing of the ingredients may be facilitated
by placing them upon a warmed sheet of metal.
Instead of using honey for the purpose of preventing the said salvo
from becoming too hard, treacle, or similar substance, or, if preferred,

page_text: any oleaginous, or fatty, or waxy, or mucilaginous substance or sub-
stances may bo added to or combined with the soap or used in com-
bination instead of it in the formation of the said salve.
For the purpose of curing or removing corns or callosities from the
fect a suitable quantity of the said medicinal compound or preparation
forming a salve, as above described, is placed upon a piece of adhesive
plaster of suitable size, and by this means is applied to and kept in
position on the corn or callosity; or a suitable quantity of the said
medicinal compound or preparation is placed on the corn and then
covered with and kept in place by adhesive plaster, or oiled silk, or
similar or other suitable fabric, and by either of these methods of
application the corn or callosity will be rapidly softened, and may then
be easily removed.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I hereby declare that
I do not claim the use separately of any of the ingredients herein-before
mentioned; but what I consider to be novel and original, and therefore
claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is, the preparation and use for the cure or removal of
corns or other callosities on the feet of the medicinal compound con-
taining soap mixed with carbolic acid, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Eliza Lawrance, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Fourteenth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.