IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN BODILY AILMENTS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Daniel Hammond, of Charlotte Street,
Bedford Square, in the County of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF
CERTAIN BODILY AILMENTS."
Sealed the 16th February 1864, and dated the 20th August 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Daniel Hammond
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th August 1863.
I, CHARLES DANIEL HAMMOND, of Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, in
the County of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF
CERTAIN BODILY AILMENTS," to be as follows:-
My improved apparatus for the cure of certain bodily ailments, consists of
a series of pieces of metal or other material strung on elastic in the form of a
circle which has at the lower part of the circle a pad raised so as to causo
extra pressure on a certain portion of the urethra. This apparatus I attach
to an ordinary suspensory bandage, or it may be otherwise sustained by a belt
or other contrivance; to the belt I attach electric plates at intervals to induce
galvanic action. The apparatus consisting of a series of pieces of metal
before mentioned may be in alternate pairs of electric plates; I term it "self-

page_text: adjusting curative apparatus," It is worn on the penis which it encircles and
exerts an elastic pressure thereon, the bottom part having the pad before-
mentioned, and on either side two button knobs by which it is attached to a
suspensory belt worn on the body.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Daniel IIammond in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 20th February 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
DANIEL HAMMOND, of Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, send greeting.
WHEREAS Iler most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles Daniel Hammond, Her special licence that I, the said Charles
Daniel Hammond, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Charles Daniel Hammond, 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN BODILY
AILMENTS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles
Daniel Hammond, 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 Charles Daniel Hammond, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by, the
following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon. (that is to say):-
.
My improved apparatus for the cure of certain bodily ailments consists of a
series of pieces of metal or other material strung on elastic material in the

page_text: form of a circle, which has at the lower part of the circle a pad raised so as
to cause extra pressure on a certain portion of the urethra and raphé. This
apparatus I apply for the cure of spermatorrhoea, specially also for genital
weakness and debility, and attach it to an ordinary suspensory bandage, or it
may be otherwise sustained by a belt or other contrivance. To the belt I
attach electric plates at. intervals to induce galvanic action. The apparatus
consisting of a series of pieces of metal before mentioned may be in alternate
pairs of electric plates; I- term it-self-adjusting curative apparatus. It is
worn on the penis, which it encircles, and exerts an elastic pressure thereon,
the pad being at the bottom part and pressing on the raphé as before-mentioned,
on either side are two button knobs by which it is attached to a suspensory
belt or bandage worn round the body.
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DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
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Fig. 1 represents a view of the apparatus complete, applied to an ordinary
suspensory bandage, while Figs. 2 and 3 represent front and side views of the
apparatus detached, Fig. 2 a front view, and Fig. 3 a side view. It consists
of a series of small metallic plates a, b, having lateral holes through them, by
which they are threaded on slight elastic cords e, e, in the form of a ring or
circle as seen, the plates are represented of an oval form and flat, but may be
varied in form if required; they are arranged in pairs alternately a zinc with
a brass or copper plate, forming a voltaic pole of slight power, a, a, being the
zinc, and b, b, the brass plates. To the two side plates are appended two
small knobs c, c, by which the apparatus is attached to the belt by two pieces
of silk band or cord d, or it may be otherwise attached thereto. The inner
edges of the plates should be rounded to prevent abrasion of the cuticle. At
the lower part of the apparatus is adjusted the pad f, which is threaded on the
elastic cords e, e, in the circle of the plates a, b, or the ends of the cords may
be secured to this pad, but in any case forming a part of the circle. This pad
I cover with some soft elastic material, such as velvet, and if necessary stuff it
with elastic material, or in some cases I place chemical ingredients to act
astringently or otherwise, as may be required, according to circumstances. This
pad, as before-mentioned, is disposed so as to press on the raphé when worn on
the person. The elastic cords should be regulated in length so as to produce
the necessary compression and contraction in the circular direction, and at the
same time allowing the edges of the plates a and b to touch each other in
order to induce the galvanic action, which also prevents any excessive pressure
at that part. On the belt g I apply galvanic or metallic plates h, i, in pairs
as seen (there are three or more pairs). With respect to this belt and

page_text: suspensory bandage it is unnecessary to give any further description, such
parts being in common use and well understood.
Having described the nature of my Invention and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the apparatus represented
separately at Figs. 2 and 3, and herein-before described, arranged, constructed,
and applied as and for the purposes herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Daniel Hammond, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
C. D. HAMMOND.
(L.S.)