An Improved Bandage or Surgical Appliance for use with Neck and Breast Collars for Horses.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bandage or Surgical Appliance for use with Neck
and Breast Collars for Horses.
I, MAX HUTH, of Pasewalk, Pomerania, in the Kingdom of Prussia and German
Empire, Royal District Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a bandage, or surgical appliance which may be used
with breast and neck collars for horses, either for the purpose of preventing sores in
young horses or in horses which have not been previously used for draught
purposes, or for the purpose of aiding in the cure of such sores without the use of
additional bandages or the like, and without interrupting the work of the animal.
I will describe my said invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
which illustrate two modifications of the appliance which in each case is represented
as being opened out upon a plane surface."
Figure 1 shews the simpler form of the apparatus which is employed in the
prevention and cure of sores on the breast only, and which may be used with
breast collars.
Figure 2 shews the form of the appliance as used for the same purposes both for
the breast and shoulders, and as may be used with breast and neck collars.
The simpler form of the appliance, illustrated by Figure 1, consists of the india-
rubber web portions a b c and the two calf leather breast pieces de, upon the back
of which a layer of soft and cooling waxed leather is secured. The two straps fq
are secured upon the breast pieces respectively, one of the straps being furnished
with a buckle, and the other with perforations for the tongue of the buckle. The
straps hi are secured to the opposite sides of the breast pieces from fg, and are
each terminated with a loop as shewn. The belts f g are preferably stitched
and hi buckled upon the breast pieces.
The appliance terminates at each side, in the straps k and I both of which are
perforated for the tongue of a buckle. Between the breast pieces ed, and these last
named straps, there are secured the buckles o o¹ and the openings n m, through
each of which the strap k or may pass.
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The strap is buckled to the centre
of the appliance at y, and ends in a loop, similar to the loops on the straps h
and i.
The appliance just described is for use in the prevention and cure of breast sores
only, but when it is necessary to provide for shoulder sores as well, additions have
to be made as illustrated by Figure 2.
In addition to, or as an extension from, the breast pieces de, I employ the
flaps pp', on which the straps q q¹ and are fastened. On the opposite sides of
the flaps from the straps, there are also fastened the buckles ss and t t¹, to engage
with perforations in the straps. One of the flaps, p, shewn to the left, terminates
in a parallel part of strip, and the other, p¹, has an opening or slit through
which the narrow part of p may be inserted.
All the straps and buckles are fixed upon the outer side of the appliance.
In use, the middle portion is placed below the hawk-cartilage of the breast bone,
and the breast pieces cover the upper, front, and lateral portions of the shoulder
joints. The flaps p p are arranged on the inner side of the neck collar. When
the appliance is in this position, the straps hi are carried along the side to the belly
band, which passes through their loops, and the strap is passed between the horse's
fore-legs to the belly band also, which passes through its loop.
The straps k and 7, which terminate the appliance at each end, are passed through
loops on the saddle or the like, and their ends are returned through the openings n m

page_text: respectively, and secured to the buckles o o'. The straps qr q¹¹, are passed round
the collar above the hame tugs, and are secured to their opposed buckles s s¹t t',
and the strap
is passed over the animal's neck and secured to the buckle on the
strap, thus making ƒ and g a neck strap.
In the case of the simple appliance shewn by Figure 1, the manipulations
herein before described with reference to the flaps p p¹ are of course omitted.
If it be desired to employ the modified appliance illustrated by Figure 2 for the
breast only, the flaps p p may be rolled up out of the way.
As a curative dressing for animals suffering from sores, the waxed leather side of
the appliance may be well served in the appropriate parts with warm, pure, or
2 per cent. Lysol beef suet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A preventive and curative appliance to be used in conjunction with horse collars,
constructed and employed substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of September A.D. 1892.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.