APPLIANCE FOR UTERINE PURPOSES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Roger Charnock Richards, of Clifton Lodge, Preston, in
A NEW APPARATUS OR
the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of
APPLIANCE FOR UTERINE PURPOSES."
"
led the 12th January 1877, and dated the 30th August 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Roger Charnock Richards at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th August 1876.
ROGER CHARNOCK RICHARDS, of Clifton Lodge, Preston, in the County of
Lancaster, "A NEW APPARATUS OR APPLIANCE FOR UTERINE PURPOSES."
This apparatus or appliance is to be used for uterine purposes.
The apparatus consists of a light saddle made of vulcanised india-rubber or other
suitable material, this saddle supports a double bag or vessel made of vulcanised
india-rubber or other suitable material. The saddle is attached to the body of the
wearer by an elastic bandage fastened by a strap to a waistband or corset.
The double bag or vessel contains a sponge, and if necessary materials for
medicated fomentation or the ingredients for generating carbonic acid or other gas,
which may be applied direct to the uterus.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Roger Charnock Richards in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
February 1877.
ROGER CHARNOCK RICHARDS, of Clifton Lodge, Preston, in the County of Lan-
caster. "A NEW APPARATUS OR APPLIANCE FOR UTERINE PURPOSES."
The apparatus consists of a light saddle made of vulcanised indin-rubber or other
suitable inaterial; this saddle supports a bag or vessel made of vulcanised india-
rubber or other suitable material. The saddle is attached to the body of the wearer
by an elastic india-rubber band fastened by straps to an elastic belt or corset.
The bag or vessel contains a sponge, and if necessary materials for medicated
fomentations.

page_text: And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
operation I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, reference
being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a side view of the apparatus. a is a light saddle,
which I prefer to make of vulcanised india-rubber, but which may be made of any
other suitable material. In this saddle is an aperture through which passes the
bag b, which is also made of vulcanised india-rubber or other suitable waterproof
material; there is a rim around the opening of the bag which fits in a recess in the
saddle to keep the bag in its place. The saddle a and bag bare attached to the
body of the wearer by the clastic band c which is secured by straps connected to the
buckles d, d, d, to an elastic belt or corset; when this apparatus is used for tho
ordinary natural purposes a sponge is placed in the bag to absorb the discharge
Fig. 3 represents a modification of my Invention; this apparatus is intended to
be used when medicated fumigations or gases are to be applied. The saddle a is
the same as the one above described, but the bag b is made double, that is to say,
it is provided with an inner bag e, in which is a small opening to admit the
ingredients into the outer bag where the gas is gonerated, the inner bag is then
filled with medicated sponge, the gas forces itself through this sponge and is
conveyed by the india-rubber tube f direct to the uterus The tube f is connected
to a piece of vulcanised india-rubber / The rims of the double bag b, e, and of the
piece h, fit in recesses in the saddle a, and the whole is secured to the body of the
wearer by the band c before described. At the upper end of the tube f is a
perforated ivory or other bulb g to distribute the gases. Medicated or other
fomentations may be applied in the same manner.
The apparatus can be worn without the least inconvenience. This modification is
only intended to be used under the direction of a medical man.
Having thus stated the naturo and particulars of my Invention I declare that I
claim, the apparatus or appliance shewn and described, or any mere modification
thereof, when used for uterine purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Roger Charnock Richards, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of February, One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.
R. C. RICHARDS. (L.S.)