Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 16th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th July, 1887.
I SAMPSON GAMGEE of 22 Broad Street Birmingham, Consulting Surgeon, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improvement on the fabric for surgical and medical
dressings patented by nie on the 1st day of June 1888 No. 2736.
The object is the perforation of such absorbent tissue so that thick matter which is
not readily taken up by the tissue may pass through and secure perfect drainage of
the wound.
For this purpose the fabric is perforated; the perforations may be made any size
and of any shape through the whole tissue or through the absorbent cotton alone
leaving the gauze covering entire.
The gauze covering may be of uniform thickness or so made or woven as to present
apertures opposite the perforations in the absorbent cotton, to further assist wound
drainage.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Absorbent Tissue for Surgical and Medical.
Dressings.
I, MARION GAMGEE of 6 Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Executrix of the
late Sampson Gamgee formerly of 22 Broad Street, Birmingham, Consulting
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 an improvement on the fabric for surgical and medical
dressings patented on the 1st day of June 1883, No. 2736.
The object is the perforation of such absorbent tissue so that thick matter which is
not readily taken up by the tissue may pass through and secure perfect drainage of
the wound.
For this purpose the fabric is perforated; the perforations may be made any size
and of any shape through the whole tissue or through the absorbent cotton alone
leaving the gauze covering entire.
The gauze covering may be of uniform thickness or so made or woven as to present
apertures opposite the perforations in the absorbent cotton, to further assist wound
drainage.
In order that the said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The annexed drawing shews a portion of the absorbent tissue for surgical and
medical dressings made in accordance with the present invention.
a is a sheet of thoroughly bleached absorbent cotton. b.bare two thoroughly bleached
muslin fabrics free from stiffening. The sheet a is compressed between the two
fabrics b. b. c. c. are holes extending either completely through the compound fabric or
through the sheet a only, the former however is more convenient. The holes c, are
readily produced by entting punches. In the drawing a corner of the sheet a and a
corner of one of the fabrics 6 are shown folded over; it will be understood that this is
done simply to illustrate more clearly the structure of the compound fabric.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
This improved absorbent tissue for surgical and medical dressings. consisting of
thoroughly bleached absorbent cotton compressed between two thoroughly bleached
muslin fabrics and perforated substantially as described.