IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICATED BELTS OR BANDS FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF PAIN IN OR PREVENTION OF CHOLERA, AND FOR THE PREVENTION OR CURE OF PULMONARY OR OTHER COMPLAINTS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Jenkins, of Montpelier Street, Brompton, in
the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEDICATED BELTS OR BANDS FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF PAIN IN OR PREVENTION
OF CHOLERA, AND FOR THE PREVENTION OR CURE OF PULMONARY OR OTHER
COMPLAINTS."
Sealed the 30th August 1861, and dated the 17th April 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Jenkins at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
April 1861.
I, WILLIAM JENKINS, of Montpelier Street, Brompton, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICATED BELTS OR BANDS FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF PAIN IN
OR PREVENTION OF CHOLERA, AND FOR THE PREVENTION OR CURE OF PULMONARY OR
OTHER COMPLAINTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
medicated bands or belts for the purpose of alleviating pain during attacks of
cholera, or for the purpose of the prevention of such attacks, and for the.
prevention of pulmonary or other complaints, or for the cure of such.com-
plaints, by wearing such belts or bands prior to or immediately after being.
attacked with such complaints, and in the manufacture of such belts or. bands..
I take pieces of leather of suitable size and shape, according to the particular
part or size of the body against which they are to be worn, and I prepare the
same by the application of oil or spirit or other form of turpentine, or by a

page_text: combination of two or more of these articles, and I "fix" the said preparation
of turpentine by treating it with a preparation of borax. I cover the leather
so prepared with scarlet or red cloth of fine quality, the cloth being formed so
s to make the belts or bands of a size suitable for applying to the body of the
person using such belts or bands, and I attach the leather to the cloth (by
sewing) with the prepared side of the leather in contact with the cloth.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Jenkins in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th October 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
JENKINS, of Montpelier Street, Brompton, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Jenkins, Her special licence that I, the said William
Jenkins, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Jenkins, 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, au Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICATED BELTS OR BANDS FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF PAIN
IN OR PREVENTION OF CHOLERA, AND FOR THE PREVENTION OR CURE OF PULMONARY
OR OTHER COMPLAINTS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Jenkins, my executors or administrators, by an instrument 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 immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Jenkins, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:―

page_text: This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
medicated bands or belts for the purpose of alleviating pain during attacks of
cholera, or for the purpose of the prevention of such attacks, and for the pre-
vention of pulmonary or other complaints, or for the cure of such complaints,
by wearing such belts or bands prior to or immediately after being attacked
with such complaints, and in the manufacture of such belts or bands.
In carrying out my Invention I take pieces of leather of suitable size and
shape, according to the particular part or size of the body against which they
are to be worn, and I prepare the same by the application of Venice turpentine
and oil or spirit of turpentine, or by a combination of these articles, and I "fix"
the said preparations of turpentine by treating it with a preparation of calcined
borax finely pulverized. I cover the leather so prepared with scarlet or red
cloth or other approximate colors of good quality, the cloth being formed so as
to make the belts or bands of a size suitable for applying to the body of the
person using such belts or bands, and I attach the leather to the cloth (by
sewing) with the prepared side of the leather so that it may be in contact with
the cloth.
In preparing medicated belts or bands according to my Invention, I
prefer first to apply a coating of Venice turpentine to the leather in any con-
venient manner; the oil or spirit of turpentine is then applied with a brush or
otherwise, and over that a coating of calcined borax (finely pulverized) is sifted
thereon so as to "fix" the previously prepared surface of Venice and oil or
spirit of turpentine. The leather so prepared is then made up with cloth of
suitable color and quality into medicated belts and bands of the required size
to be worn for the several purposes of my Invention, as herein-before fully
described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Jenkins, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
WILLIAM JENKINS. (L.S.)
J. G. TONGUE, Patent Agent,
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.