FORM AND SHAPE FOR HORSE BALLS, ALSO OF A METHOD OF COVERING THE SAME, AND OTHER MEDICINAL MASSES WITH A DARAPLASTIC COATING
Year: 1885

page_text: I FRANCIS FLETCHER residing at "Craven Arms Hotel" in the City of Coventry
in the County of Warwick, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for FORM AND SHAPE FOR HORSE BALLS, ALSO OF A METHOD
OF COVERING THE SAME, AND OTHER MEDICINAL MASSES WITH A DARAPLASTIC
COATING, to be as follows:-
I claim that the shape, which is an elongated cone with a compressed base,
having a smooth coating which becomes slippery on contact with saliva or other
moisture, consequently meets with little resistance, and thereby renders deglutition
easy, and reduces the possibility of suffocation to a minimum. The coating is
prepared with a combination of Gelatine and Glycerine, with which the Horse Ball
is brushed over or dipped.
I, FRANCIS FLETCHER residing at the Craven Arms Hotel, in the City of
Coventry in the County of Warwick, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE BALLS, APPLICABLE
ALSO TO OTHER MEDICINAL MASSES and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention consists in making Horse Balls and other like medicinal masses
of an improved shape which is an elongated cone with a compressed base, and in

page_text: covering the same with a smooth coating, as hereinafter described, which becomes
slippery on contact with saliva, or other moisture; and consequently, meeting with
little resistance, renders deglutition easy, and reduces the possibility of suffocation,
when administering, to a minimum.
What I mean by an elongated cone with a compressed base will be clearly
understood by referring to the accompanying drawing which represents a general
view of a horse ball or other medicinal mass made according to my Invention.
The coating with which I cover the said horse balls or other medicinal masses
consists of a combination of Glycerine and Gelatine in about the following
proportions, viz:—
Glycerine part by weight
Gelatine 7 parts
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thoroughly mixed together in a viscous state with which the horse ball or other
medicinal mass is brushed over or into which it is dipped. I generally find a
single coating is sufficient but two or more coatings may be applied if desired.
The said coating when dry is absolutely air-tight and consequently the therapeutic
virtues of the remedies employed in the said horse ball or other medicinal mass,
will remain unimpaired for a very long time.
The proportions of the Glycerine and Gelatine above given may be slightly
.varied without affecting the result.
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 t
1st. Making horse balls and other medicinal masses of the improved shape
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing, and
2ndly. Covering such horse balls and other medicinal masses with a coating
consisting of a combination of Glycerine and Gelatine substantially as hereinbefore
described.