CERTAIN CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOUNDS, APPLICABLE AS A REMEDY OR REMEDIES FOR SCORBUTIC AND OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles William Hockaday, of Port Hall,
Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Gentleman, for the Invention
of "CERTAIN CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOUNDS, APPLICABLE AS A
REMEDY OR REMEDIES FOR SCORBUTIC AND OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE
HUMAN BODY."
Sealed the 18th January 1854, and dated the 5th December 1853.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Charles William
Hockaday at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition and Declaration, on the 5th December 1858, pursuant to
the 9th section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
CHARLES WILLIAM HOCKADAY, of Port Hall, Brighton, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for a "CERTAIN
CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOUNDS, APPLICABLE AS A REMEDY OR REMEDIES
FOR SCORBUTIC AND OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY," and have
petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administra-

page_text: tors, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have
made solemn declaration, that I verily believe myself to be the true
and first Inventor thereof:
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles William Hockaday, do
hereby declare that the following Complete Specification, under my
hand and seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, viz*:
The nature of my said Invention is as follows:-
First, I use for the coinplaint commonly known as scurvy, the
following proportions of hyd. oxymur, five grains; acid muriat., fifteen
grains; viri antimonii, half.ounce; aqua dist., two drachms; sacch.
ust., q. s. For an adult I consider that twenty drops in a wine glass
of water, and taken twice a day, to be proper and sufficient; for the
age of seven years, five drops to be used; for the age of fourteen, ten
drops; for twenty-one years, fifteen drops.
For an odontalgic tincture, I combine of acid nitros, ten drops;
finct. pyreth., twenty drops; and apply the same by means of a feather,
camel hair pencil, or by any other suitable means.
For the venereal complaint, gonorrhoe, I take of pulv. pot. nit.,
half ounce; pulv. cubeba, one ounce; pulv. trag. co., half ounce.
These proportions I combine, and divide the mixture into twelve
powders; one to be taken three times a day in a wine glass of water.
For ringworm, I mix intimately of oxungia, one ounce; sulph. proe.,
two drachms; kreosote, two scruples; rose pink, ten grains. This
should be applied twice a day. The above is also good in what is
known as grocers' itch.
.
For worms, I combine of pulv. scam., half drachm; hyd. submur.,
one scruple; sacch. alb., one drachm; misce. Doses. to be taken as
follows: For the age of two years, eight grains; for the age of four,
ten grains; for the age of seven, fifteen grains; and for fourteen
years, and over, twenty grains. One dose to be taken every other
night....
"
For a corn plaster, I mix of plumbi superacetatis, fourteen drachmis
and one 'scruple;' emp. hyd., half a pound; êmp. plumbi, half a pound;
emp. 'resina, half a pound; pulv. opii, two drachms:

page_text: For tooth paste, I form by a mixture of the following ingredients :-
test. vel creta pp, two drachms; pulv. irridis, two drachms; pulv.
corralli, two drachms; alum exsicati, two scruples; cocci cacti, two
scruples; ol. caryoph., eight drops; ess. bergam., four drops; mel. rose,
two ounces.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is carried into effect, it is to be understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise details herein described, so long as tho
peculiar character of the said Invention or any part thereof be retained.
And I do not claim the several parts of the compound or compounds
taken separately and not combined for the purposes aforesaid. But
what I claim is, the combination of the herein-before mentioned com-
pound or compounds, combined and mixed in the herein-before stated
equivalents and proportions, to accomplish the purpose for which each
compound or compounds is or are intended, as before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles William Hockaday, have
hereunto set my hand and scal, this First day of December, in
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty-three.
0
Witness,
CHARLES WILLIAM HOCKADAY, (L.S.)
Port Hall, Brighton.
JESSE HUNNISETT,
Miller,
Preston, Sussex.