CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPARATUS USED FOR CUPPING
Year: 1826

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
KENNEDY, of Virginia Terrace, Borough, in the County of Surrey, Surgeon
and Apothecary, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of April, One thousand eight hundred
and twenty-six, and in the seventh year of His reign, did, for Himself, His
heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles Kennedy, His
especial licence that I, the said Charles Kennedy, my exors, adiñors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Kennedy, my exors, admors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all His said Majesty's Colonies and
Plantations abroad, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPARATUS
USED FOR CUPPING;" in which said Letters Patent there is a proviso contained,
obliging me, the said Charles Kennedy, by an instrument in writing under
my
hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Inventions, and in what manner the same are to be used, and to cause the
same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six
calendar months next immediately ensuing from the date of the said Letters
Patent, as in and by the same (reference thereunto being had) will more fully
appear.

page_text: NOW THEREFORE KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso,
I, the said Charles Kennedy, do hereby declare my said Inventions to consist
of a certain vessel, named the graduated cupping receiver, for the purpose of
receiving and ascertaining the quantity of blood drawn into the cupping glass
by means of certain incisions made on the body, and also of an improved
cupping glass, on.the upper part whereof is an aperture or groove, to which
is fitted a brass screw armed or bound with a piece of leather, for the purpose
of introducing air into the said glass at the will of the operator. To the said
screw, moreover, is attached a small brass rod, to which is fixed a small piece
of sponge, tow, or other ignitable material, to be previously immersed in spirits
of wine, to procure the rarification of the air in the said glass upon ignition.
And in further compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Charles Kennedy,
do hereby describe the manner in which I use and perform my said Inventions
by the following description thereof, reference being had to the Plate hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The Figure Number 1, marked by the letters A, A, represents the improved
cupping glass, at the upper part of which is a brass screw, represented also:
by the second Figure B, and rendered air-tight by a piece of leather, marked b,
attached to it. -Into this screw B is affixed a small removable brass_rod_C,
also represented by the third Figure, having at the end thereof a piece of
sponge, marked D, to be dipped in spirits of wine, and ignited upon application
to the said rod C, being screwed by means of another small screw into the
said large screw B; the said large screw B is to bo screwed upon the upper
part of the said glass, and the glass is to be so used.
The Figure 4, marked with the letter E, represents a vessel made of metal,.
named the graduated cupping receiver, intended to receive the blood drawn.
into the glass, by being placed under it when it is to be withdrawn, the shape
of the mouth of the said graduated receiver being of a semi-circular form to
fit that of the said glass, the said graduated cupping receiver being, moreover,
graduated for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of blood drawn.
Now, whereas my said Inventions may be made of various materials and
dimensions, but such a glass as is herein-before described, and such a vessel
so made as the graduated cupping receiver for the purpose of receiving and
ascertaining the quantity of the blood drawn, being, to the best of my know-
ledge and belief, entirely new, and never before used within that part of His
said Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England,
His Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, nor in any of His

page_text: said Majesty's Colonies or Plantations abroad, I do hereby declare this to be
my Specification of the said improvements in the apparatus used for cupping,
and that I do verily believe this my said Specification to comply in all
respects fully and without reserve or disguise with the proviso in the said
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent contained; wherefore I do hereby
claim to maintain exclusive right and privilege in myself, my heirs, exors, and
assigns, to the said Inventions.
In token whereof, I, the said Charles Kennedy, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year Ono
thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.