A NEW SYSTEM OF TRUSS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jozé Luis, Patent Agent, of 1B, Welbeck Street,
Cavendish Sqr, London, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "A NEW SYSTEM OF TRUSS."-A communication.
Sealed the 28th January 1859, and dated the 5th August 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jozé Luis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th August
1858.
I, JOZE LUIS, Patent Agent, of 1B, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Sqre, London,
in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "A SYSTEM OF TRUSS," (a communication to me from a foreigner
residing abroad,) to be as follows:-
Till the present Invention, the bandages employed were formed of leather
pads, stuffed; these at the end of a certain time become inconvenient by the
want of air on the parts affected, and sometimes cause tumifaction.. The
springs of the trusses hitherto used are more heavy and clumsy, and the bands
more material; the new system has none of these inconveniences, and may be
described as follows:-
Double bandage.-The back pads are made round and moveable, and are
pierced with holes, in order to establish a current of air; they thus prevent
the heating of the part covered by the pad of the spring. The under part of

page_text: the pad is made of cork, and the over plate of metal. The holes in the cork
are larger than those of the metal. The end of the spring is joined to the
back part of the pad by means of a screw. A leather band is attached to the
two pads; thus the pressure does not fall on the spine. The inner side of the
front pads are hollowed out, the outer side is placed along the thigh, the pad
is formed so as to suit the size of the stomach of the person affected; the
lower part of the end is hollowed out, and has a sort of chin at the bottom,
formed to enclose the pubis. The pads are moveable, but by means of two
screws fixing into holes in the pads which join the front band, the necessary
shape can be given. The outer plates of the pads are of copper, silvered to
prevent oxydation, but they can of course be made of any metal.
The single bandage is on the same principal as the one above described.
These bandages can be made for behind, the outer plate of the pad being of
the same piece of metal as the spring, so being less thick on the body. In
using this bandage, it is advisable to steep the cork for a short period some-
times in some white wine, to give a proper elasticity to the cork, and also to
act in some measure as a tonic to the part affected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jozé Luis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th
February 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOZÉ
LUIS, Patent Agent, of 1B, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Jozé Luis, Her special licence that I, the said Jozé Luis, my executors,
administrators, and-assigns,-or such others as I, the said Jozé Luis, 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 SYSTEM OF TRUSs,"
communication,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jozé

page_text: Luis, 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 Jozé Luis, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (and accompanying Drawings), that is to say:-
Till the present Invention the bandages employed in hernia were formed
for the most part of leather pads stuffed; these at the end of a certain time
become inconvenient from want of air on the parts affected, and thus some-
times cause tumifaction. The springs of the trusses were also more heavy and
clumsy, and the bands more material; the present Invention has none of these
inconveniences, and may be described as follows:-
Double bandage, Fig. 2.-The back pads A & B are made round and
moveable, & are pierced with holes, in order to establish a current of air;
they thus prevent the heating of the part covered by the pad of the spring.
The under part of the pad is made of cork, and the over plate is of metal.
The holes in the cork are larger than those of the metal. The end of the
spring D is joined to the back part of the round pad A by means of a screw to
each pad. A leather band C is attached to the two pads, thus the pressure
does not fall on the spine. The inner side of the front pads G & H are
hollowed out. The outer side is placed along the thigh; the pad is formed so
as to suit the size of the stomach of the person affected, the lower part of the
end is hollowed out, & has the form of a sort of chin at the bottom, so
formed to enclose the pubis, so that the under thigh piece is not required.
The pads are moveable, but by means of two screws which join the front band,
the necessary slope can be given by means of the reserved holes in the plates.
The outer plates of the pads are of copper, silvered or otherwise, in order to
prevent oxydation, but they can of course be made of every sort of metal.
The single bandage is on the same principle as the one above described.
Fig. 1 represents a bandage for the right side; its use is the same as with
the doubles, and produces the same results. The great band is joined to the
front pad, and is buttoned by means of a screw.
The bandages can be made for behind, the outer plate of the pad being of
the same piece of metal as the spring, having the same holes, and so offering

page_text: less thickness on the body. In using this bandage, it is advisable to steep
the cork sometimes the evening for a short time in some white wine to give
a proper elasticity to the cork, & also to act in some measure as a tonic to
the part affected.
less thickness on the body. In using this bandage, it is advisable to steep
the cork sometimes the evening for a short time in some white wine to give
a proper elasticity to the cork, & also to act in some measure as a tonic to
the part affected.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jozé Luis, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JOZE LUIS. (L.S.)