Improvements in Medicine Glasses and in the manner of taking Medicine.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Medicine Glasses and in the manner of taking
Medicine.
I, KATHLEEN GRIGGS, of No. 77, Highcross Street, in the Borough of Leicester,
wife of William Alfred Griggs, Physician and Surgeon, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the construction of medicine glasses which will
enable medicines to be taken in such a manner, that the medicine will be almost
tasteless, and that the teeth will be absolutely protected from contact with the
medicine-which, especially in medicines containing acids or mineral tonics,
will be of very great advantage and will tend to preserve the teeth, which by the
present method of taking medicine are often destroyed or irretrievably damaged.
The accompanying sheet of drawings will explain the invention, Fig. I
shows, A, a medicine glass made of glass or other suitable material graduated,
the upper part of which is half open for pouring in the required dose, and the
other half is covered in and drawn to an oval shape spout, on which fits, B, a
rubber bulb of flattened cylindrical form, tapering to C, where it is perforated.
The rubber bulb may be of various sizes and shapes as at Fig. II and Fig. III.
Fig. IV is a cross section of the rubber bulb.
In making use of the invention, after pouring out the dose of medicine and
introducing the rubber bulb into the mouth as far as comfort will permit, it is
only necessary to raise the glass and swallow the contents in the usual manner
and as if there were no rubber in the mouth, but only fluid.
Deted this Eighteenth day of October 1897
Improvements in Medicine Glasses and in the manner of taking
Medicine.
I, KATHLEEN GRIGGS, of 77, Highcross Street, in the Borough of Leicester,
wife of William Alfred Griggs, Physician and Surgeon, 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 has for its object the construction of medicine glasses which
will enable medicines to be taken in such a manner that the medicine will he
almost tasteless and that the teeth will be absolutely protected from contact with
the medicine which especially in medicines containing acids or mineral tonics
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page_text: will be of very great advantage and will tend to preserve the teeth, which by the
present method of taking medicine are often destroyed or irretrievably damaged.
The drawings left with Provisional Specification will explain the invention.
Fig. I shows, A, a medicine glass made of glass or other suitable material
graduated, the upper part of which is half open for pouring in the required dose
and the other half is covered in and drawn to an oval shaped spout-on which
fits, B, a rubber bulb of flattened cylindrical form tapering to C, where it is per-
forated. The top part of the medicine glass, that is, the cover with the spout
can be made separate to the other part of the glass, so as to fit on, by means of
cork or other suitable material to any ordinary glass or cup graduated or plain.
The rubber bulb may be of various sizes and shapes as at Fig. II and Fig. III.
Fig. IV is a cross section of the rubber bulb.
In making use of the invention, after pouring out the dose of medicine, and
introducing the rubber bulb into the mouth as far as comfort will permit, it is
only necessary to raise the glass and swallow the contents in the usual manner and
as if there were no rubber in the mouth, but only fluid.
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:-
1. The form of medicine glass, A, for receiving the bulb, B.
2. The bulb, B, for fitting on to the medicine glass, A.
3. By using the glass, A, and the bulb, B, together and in the manner and for
the purpose as hereinbefore set forth, the medicine in the. act of swallowing is
conducted through the mouth into the throat, almost tastelessly and without con-
tact with the teeth in such a manner as is at the present time not known.
Doted this Thirteenth day of January 1898.