Medical and Embalming Compound.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1891-Accepted 9th May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Medical and Embalming Compound.
I, JAMES RUSSELL BATE, British Subject, residing at 51 Abbott Street in
Detroit, in the County of Wayne, Michigan, United States America, Gentleman,
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 new medical compound, and the use of the same for
the cure of the state of things known as disease, and the preserving of animal
bodies from putrefaction. It consists in subjecting the body to be so treated to
the fumes produced by the combustion of chemical substances hereinafter described,
of the improved compounds, in a chamber, box, or other appliance suitable for the
purpose in which the body is placed, to the fumes or gases produced by such
combustion. They penetrate said body, purifying the blood, increasing and
equalizing circulation of the same, and stimulating cell activity, correcting the
state of things known as disease in the living body, and preventing putrefaction in
the dead body.
In using the compounds, place the body to be treated in a suitable receptacle
sufficiently air-tight to prevent any rapid escape of the fumes or gases produced by
the burning of the compound, suitable means being provided for the burning of
such compound and conveying the fumes or gases to such body to be treated. The
head of any live body being left outside with rubber or other attachments fixed
around the neck to prevent any escape of fimes or gases.
The compound is then ignited, either in the receptacle containing such body,
with sufficient means of ventilation to admit of the compounds freely burning, or in
any other suitable manner, so that the fumes or gases are conveyed to the body in
such receptacle as herein described. Such body absorbs such fumes or gases,
producing the desired chemical action, either to correct the impaired state of things
known as disease, or preserve from putrefaction any dead animal body.
The ingredients of the compound I prefer to use are as follows: Sulphur,
carbon (wood charcoal), chloride of sodium, iodide of sodium, salicylic acid,
boracic acid, Prussian blue.
The proportion I prefer to use is as follows: Sulphur, 75 parts; carbon, 5 parts;
chloride of sodium, 5 parts; iodide of sodium, 5 parts salicylic acid, 5 parts;
boracic acid, 5 parts; Prussian blue, 5 parts; or such modification of these suitable
for the purpose herein set forth, viz.: Curative and preserving.
Having now described the nature of my invention and in what manner the same
s to be performed, I declare what I claim is :
A medical and embalming compound, composed of sulphur, 75 parts; carbon (wood
charcoal), 5 parts; chloride of sodium, 5 parts; iodide of sodium, 5 parts salicylic
acid, 5 parts; boracic acid, 5 parts; Prussian blue, 5 parts, or any modification
of the same to effect the purpose according to conditions of said bodies, as herein
et forth.
Dated January 16th 1801
JAMES RUSSELL BATE.
William Bate,
Agent for the Applicant.