AN IMPROVED UNGUENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF SORES OF ANY DESCRIPTION, WHETHER SUCH SORES BE UPON A HUMAN BEING OR UPON AN ANIMAL.
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Caldwell, of Tyldesley, in the County of Lancaster,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED UNGUENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF SORES
OF ANY DESCRIPTION, WHETHER SUCH SORES BE UPON A HUMAN BEING OR
UPON AN ANIMAL.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Caldwell at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd August 1876.
JOSEPH CALDWELL, of Tyldesley, in the County of Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED
UNGUENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF SORES OF ANY DESCRIPTION, WHETHER SUCH
SORES BE UPON A HUMAN BEING OR UPON AN ANIMAL."
In preparing my ointment I proceed as follows, but I would here remark that I
do not confine myself rigidly to the exact proportions of the ingredients herein-after
mentioned, as slight variations may be made with satisfactory results :-I take about
two ounces of beeswax and one ounce of resin, which I soften by the application
of heat; and having added two pounds of palm oil and eight pounds of lard I
boil the whole together slowly for about half an hour, great care being taken to
prevent it boiling over; the mixture is then allowed to cool, when it will be found
to have assumed the consistency of a stiff paste. This composition will be found
to possess very considerable healing properties, and can be used for anointing sores
of all descriptions with most beneficial effects.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Joseph Caldwell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd February
1877.
JOSEPH CALDWELL, of Tyldesley, in the County of Lancaster.
"AN IMPROVED
0 UNGUENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF SORES OF ANY DESCRIPTION, WHETHER SUCH
SORES BE UPON A HUMAN BEING OR UPON AN ANIMAL.”
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page_text: In proparing my ointment I proceed as follows, but I would here remark that
I do not confine myself rigidly to the exact proportions of the ingredients herein-
after mentioned, as slight variations may be inade with satisfactory results :--I tako
about two ounces of beeswax and one ounce of resin, which I soften by the appli-
cation of heat; and having added two pounds of palm oil and eight pounds of lard,
I boil the whole together alowly for about half an hour, great care being taken to
prevent it boiling over; the mixture is then allowed to cool, when it will be found
to have assumed the consistency of a stiff paste.
In the summer time in order to keep the mixture of a pasty consistency I add
about half a pound of mutton suit to the above ingredients, which prevents it
liquifying by, the heat. This composition will be found to possess very considerable
healing properties, and can be used for annointing sores of all descriptions with most
beneficial effects.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, I wish it to
be understood that I claim, the composition of an improved unguent by the
admixture of the above-named ingredients in about the proportions specified,
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-before particularly set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Caldwell, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.