PARATION APPLICABLE TO THE TREATMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE' IN CATTLE.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Robbe, of 152, Fenchurch Street, in the
"A MEDICAL PRE-
City of London, Merchant, for the Invention of
"
PARATION APPLICABLE TO THE TREATMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'FOOT AND
MOUTH DISEASE' IN CATTLE. -A communication from abroad by Jean
Michel Brunet, residing at Dieppe, in the Republic of France.
Scaled the 4th April 1873, and dated the 5th October 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Robbe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th October 1872. .
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I, GEORGE ROBBE, of 152, Fenchurch Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
MEDICAL PREPARATION APPLICABLE TO THE TREATMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE' IN CATTLE,” a communication to me from abroad by
Jean Michel Brunet, residing at Dieppe, in the Republic of France, to
be as follows:-
The Invention relates to a medical preparation applicable to the treat-
ment of what is known in France as "la fièvre aphteuse" and in England

page_text: as "foot & mouth discase" to which animals of the bovine, ovine, and
porcine classes are specially subject.
It consists in the employment of what the Inventor calls a phenicated
sulpho-tannate of iron and copper composed of the following in-
gredients: Sulphate of iron, phenic acid, sulphate of copper, and gall
nuts.
as "foot & mouth disease" to which animals of the bovine, ovine, and
porcine classes are specially subject.
It consists in the employment of what the Inventor calls a phenicated
sulpho-tannate of iron and copper composed of the following in-
gredients: Sulphate of iron, phenic acid, sulphate of copper, and gall
nuts.
These ingredients are made into a lotion which is applied by means of
a hair pencil to the part affected after the removal of the cuticle there-
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said George Robbe in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 5th April 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
ROBBE, of No. 152, Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-sixth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said George Robbe, Her special licence that I, the
said George Robbe, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Robbe, my executors, administrators, or
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 MEDICAL PREPARATION APPLICABLE TO THE
TREATMENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'FOOT AND MOUTH' DISEASE IN CATTLE," a
communicetion to me from abroad by Jean Michel Brunet, residing at
Dieppe, in the Republic of France, upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said George Robbe, 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

page_text: 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 George Robbe, 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, that is to say :-
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The Invention relates to a medical preparation applicable to the treat-
ment of what is known in France as "la fièvre aphteuse, la piétain, et
le fourchet," and in England as "foot and mouth disease," to which
animals of the bovine, ovine, and porcine classes are especially subject.
It consists in the preparation and employment of what the Inventor
calls a phenicated sulpho-tannate of iron and copper, composed of the
following ingredients mixed together, by preference in about the pro-
portions and in the manner described, that is to say :-
Take of Sulphate of copper
Sulphate of iron
Powdered gall nuts
Water
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Mix these together and boil for 15' or
250 grammes, French weight.
20 grammes, French weight.
15 grammes, French weight.
1 litre, French measure.
20 minutes until the three first
ingredients are completely dissolved in the water; allow the liquid to
cool until the temperature has fallen to about 20 degrees Réaumur
(770 Fahrenheit), then add 5 grammes of phenic acid, and the pre-
paration will be ready for use.
The lotion thus made may be applied to the part affected in the
following manner :-The pellicle or skin covering the sore is to be
removed by means of the finger nails or other convenient and suitable
means; the lotion is then to be applied two or three times to the sore by
means of a hair pencil; and generally, five or six hours after this treat-
ment the animal will be able to graze easily. If, however, on the
following day the animal drinks but does not eat, it will generally be
found that some of the sores have not been treated, and a fresh dressing
will be necessary. For the tongue a single dressing will generally be
found sufficient; but sometimes for the feet more than one application
will be required.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and the

page_text: manner in which the medical preparation is to or may be prepared and
employed, I wish it to be understood that no claim is made to the precise
proportions of the ingredients mentioned, nor the precise manner of
mixing them, as these particulars may be varied without departing from
the nature of this Invention, but what is claimed as novel and desired to
be secured by the herein-before recited Letters Patent is, the manufacture
and use of the medical preparation composed of the ingredients described,
or of other analagous substances containing the same, substantially as
and for the purposes herein.before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Robbe, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.