AN IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO THE EYES FOR CURATIVE AND PROTECTIVE PURPOSES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Félicité Noëmi Thurel, of Orgelet, in the Republic of
France, but temporarily of 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO THE
EYES FOR CURATIVE AND PROTECTIVE PURPOSES."
Sealed the 29th June 1877, and dated the 18th January 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Félicité Noëmi Thurel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th January 1877.
FÉLICITÉ NOEMI THUREL, of Orgelet, in the Republic of France, but temporarily
of 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex. "AN IMPROVED APPA-
RATUS APPLICABLE TO THE EYES FOR CURATIVE AND PROTECTIVE PURPOSES."
This Invention consists in the construction of an improved apparatus, the object
of which is to keep the eyes protected from the external air when required.
The improved apparatus is constructed of two pieces of suitable metal, preferably
zinc, on account of its well known efficaciousness in disorders of the eye, made into
such a shape.as to follow the shape of the eyes, and a ring is placed on the most
projecting part of the outer surface of each eye piece, through which an elastic or
other suitable band is passed and which can be fastened behind the head so as to
keep the apparatus in its place.
This apparatus is of great service for protecting the eyes of a patient after an
operation, avoids the necessity of a darkened room, and allows the patient to take
exercise in the open air; the apparatus may also be worn at night in cases of
ophthalmia or inflammation of the eyes, upon which zine has a powerful curative
effect. It may also be usefully employed for keeping on any dressings, thereby
avoiding the necessity of the ordinary bandage.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Félicité Noëmi Thurel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th
July 1877.
FÉLICITÉ NOËMI THUREL, of Orgelet, in the Republic of France, but temporarily
of 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex. "AN IMPROVED APPA-
RATUS APPLICABLE TO THE EYES FOR CURATIVE AND PROTECTIVE PURPOSES."
This Invention consists in the construction of an improved apparatus, the object
of which is to keep the eyes protected from the external air when required.
The improved apparatus is constructed of two pieces of suitable metal, preferably
zinc, on account of its well known efficaciousness in disorders of the eye, made into
such a shape as to follow the shape of the eyes, and a ring or eye is placed on the
most projecting part of the outer surface of each eye piece through which an elastic
or other suitable band is passed, and which can be fastened behind the head so as
to keep the apparatus in its place.
This apparatus is of great service for protecting the eyes of a patient after an
operation, avoids the necessity of a darkened room, and allows the patient to take
exercise in the open air; the apparatus may also be worn at night in cases of
ophthalmia or inflammation of the eyes, upon which zinc has a powerful curative
effect. It may also be usefully employed for keeping on any dressings, thereby
avoiding the necessity of the ordinary bandage. In certain cases the apparatus
may be galvanized.
To make the Invention better understood, I will now describe the same by
reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my
improved apparatus; Figure 2, a side elevation of one of the eye pieces; and
Figure 3, a section on line A, B, of Figure 1.
a, a, are the eye pieces, preferably of zinc, and made of a shape to follow the form
of the eye; b, b, are the rings or eyes fixed to the front of the eye pieces a; c is the
elastic or other band for fastening the apparatus.
Having thus described my Invention, I wish it to be understood that I claim
the construction and employment of the improved apparatus applicable to the eyes
for curative and protective purposes, substantially as herein-before described and
represented in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Félicité Noëmi Thurel, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
F. N. THUREL. (L.S.)