IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLLOW STOPPERED SUPPOSITORIES
Year: 1884

page_text: I EDWIN HAMPDEN GIBBS of New York in the County of New York and State
of New York Doctor of Medicine do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLLOW STOPPERED SUPPOSITORIES" to be as follows:-
The Invention appertains to those bollow. vessels called suppositories which are
usually made of some substance which melts at the temperature of the body and
which are when charged with a medicinal preparation or agent inserted into the
rectum vagina or other orifice of the body for the purpose of applying the remedy
directly at the seat of the disease.
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Hollow suppositories are customarily made tapering from the open to the closed
end the open end being sometimes adapted to be closed by a cap or stopper generally
of the same material as the suppository. By reason of the form of this stopper and
of the open end of the suppository it is customary to insert the suppository tail
first and as the sphincter muscle contracts it resists the entrance of the suppository
frequently squeezing out the stopper and breaking the suppository. It is therefore
necessary to employ a "suppositor" or "suppository syringe" to push a suppository
of this kind above the sphincter or round muscle before it will pass into the rectum.
Leakage frequently occurs also by reason of the imperfect nature of the joint formed
between the suppository and its stopper..
To remedy these evils is the object of the present Invention which consists in
providing such a hollow tapering suppository preferably made of butter of cocoa or
similar material with a cap or stopper which has a conical or tapering head and a
shouldered portion or short neck of size, suitable to enter the mouth of the
suppository to which it may be sealed by the application of a little heat.
When a head of this shape is applied to the suppository the head of the
suppository is entered first into the rectum or other part the head being retained
in position by the pressure above it and the neck. of the stopper entering the
suppository sufficiently to strengthen it. The suppository being in this position
it is readily forced inward by the contraction of the sphincter muscle, and reaches
the point of desired application without the use of any syringe or other apparatus.
Dated this 1st day of July 100%
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
.47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the said Edwin Hampden Gibbs.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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I EDWIN HAMPDEN GIBBS of New York in the County of New York and State
of New York Doctor of Medicine do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLLOW STOPPERED SUPPOSITORIES and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The Invention appertains to those hollow vessels called suppositories which are
usually made of some substance which melts at the temperature of the body and
which are, when charged with a medicinal preparation or agent inserted into the
rectum, vagina or other orifice of the body for the purpose of applying the remedy
directly at the seat of the disease.
Hollow suppositories are customarily made tapering from the open to the closed
end, the open end being sometimes adapted to be closed by a cap or stopper, generally
of the same material as the suppository-By reason of the form of this stopper and
of the open end of the suppository, it is customary to insert the suppository tail
first, and as the sphincter muscle contracts, it resists the entrance of the suppository
frequently squeezing out the stopper and breaking the suppository. It is therefore
'necessary to employ a "suppositor" or "suppository syringe" to push a suppository
of this kind above the sphincter or round muscle before it will pass into the
rectum. Leakage frequently occurs also by reason of the imperfect nature of the
joint formed between the suppository and its stopper.
To remedy these evils is the object of the present Invention which consists in
providing such hollow tapering suppository preferably made of butter, of cocoa, or
similar material, with a cap or stopper which has a conical or tapering head and a
shouldered portion or short neck of size suitable to enter the mouth of the sup-
pository, to which it may be sealed by the application of a little heat."
When a head of this shape is applied to the suppository, the head of the sup-
pository is entered first into the rectum or other part, the head being retained in
position by the pressure above it and the neck of the stopper entering the suppository
sufficiently to strengthen it. The suppository being in this position it is readily
forced inward by the contraction of the sphincter muscle and reaches the point of
desired application without the use of any syringe or other apparatus.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a suppository provided with my improved
stopper.
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Figure 2, is an axial section thereof.
Figure 3. is a side elevation showing (slightly exagerated) the tapering form of
the improved suppository.
The body 1 of my suppository is made of butter, of cocoa, or other material of
sufficient rigidity when cold and readily soluble at the warmth of the body. The
open end of the suppository is made somewhat larger than the closed end, the
latter being of conical, conoidal, or other suitable form as shown-A cap 2 of
conical, conoidal, pyramidal or other suitable shape and made of the same or similar
material to the suppository, is provided at its base with shoulder portion 3 of such
size as to be readily insertible within the mouth of the suppository.

page_text: It will be seen that when the whole stopper is slightly warmed and placed in
position upon the suppository, not only the mouth of the suppository will be sealed
but the upper edge thereof will unite firmly with the shoulder of the stopper, thus
adding greatly to the strength of the suppository and rendering it completely
impervious to the fluids with which it may be filled When used, the stoppered
end is to be inserted in advance. The suppository proper being conical at its
closed end and the large or stoppered end being forced in for a short distance, the
contraction of the sphincter muscle will of itself force the suppository inward.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
A hollow suppository, conical at both ends, tapering from its open to its closed
end, and closed by a shouldered stopper; substantially as described.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
Agent for the said Edwin Hampden Gibbs.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
Agent for the said Edwin Hampden Gibbs.