A COMPOUND FOR REMOVING ALL OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE AIR PASSAGES
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Churchill Dempsey, of No. 4, Liverpool
Street, King's Cross, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"A COMPOUND FOR REMOVING ALL OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE AIR PASSAGES."
Sealed the 1st November 1856, and dated the 22nd May 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Churchill
Dempsey, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 22nd May 1856.
I, WILLIAM CHURCHILL DEMPSEY, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A COMPOUND FOR REMOVING ALL OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE AIR
PASSAGES," to be as follows:-
Tincture of squills, sixty drops; rectified spirits of wine, 120 drops; aromatic
spirits of ammonia, sixty drops; tincture of cayenne pepper, five drops; dis-
tilled water, seven ounces and a half; syrup. of red poppies, 180 drops, to
make an eight-ounce mixture. Two table spoonfuls to be taken before
singing or public speaking.
Persons taking the compound before singing and public speaking will find
that the voice does not get distressed, but on the contrary, they will be enabled
to retain sound and keep their breath for a longer period without fatigue.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Churchill Dempsey, in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 20th November 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WILLIAM
CHURCHILL DEMPSEY, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Churchill Dempsey, Her special licence that I, the said William
Churchill Dempsey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Churchill Dempsey, or 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 "REMOVING ALL OBSTRUCTIONS FROM AIR PASSAGES OF SINGERS, PUBLIC
SPEAKERS, & READERS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Churchill Dempsey, or my executors or administrators, by an in-
strument 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Churchill' Dempsey, 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:-
Take of tincture of squills, rectified spirits of wine coloured, compound
spirits of ammonia, tincture of cayenne pepper, pure water, enough to make up
an eight-ounce bottle, and to be called Ramah Droogh.
Persons taking the Ramah Droogh before singing, public speaking, or
reading, will find that the voice does not get distressed, but on the contrary, the
compass will be greatly extended. They will be enabled to retain sound with
flexibility and lightness, and keep their breath for a longer period without

page_text: fatigue. Its use checks and prevents the dire disease, consumption of the
larynx, and all affections from atmospherical changes.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Churchill Dempsey, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
(L.S.) WILLIAM CHURCHILL DEMPSEY.