Improvements in or relating to Aseptic or Antiseptic Paper and the like, Applicable for Use as Bandages for Wounds or for Hygienic or Preservative Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1888
Improvements in or relating to Aseptic or Antiseptic Paper and
the like, Applicable for Use as Bandages for Wounds or for
Hygienic or Preservative Purposes.
A communication from abroad by Professor PAOLO MATCOVICH, Director of the Royal
Hungarian Acadamy of Commerce, and ANTONIO GROSSION, Doctor of Medicine,
both of Fiume, in the Kingdom of Hungary.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street Liverpool and 6. Bank Street, Manchester, both in
the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn in the County of Middlesex Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the preparation of a new product which my corre-
spondents call aseptic or antiseptic paper according to the way it has been prepared.
The aseptic Paper, is made from very pure flax or linen prepared by means of
chemical solvents, such as alkaline solutions, alcohol, etc., etc., and washing it in pure
water. The material thus purified, is submitted to a moist heat of 100 degrees
Centigrade for a longer or shorter time. It is submitted also to the same temperature
when it is stretched on metallic rollers. The paper once obtained is exposed again to
a temperature of 120 degrees Centigrade, this rendering it perfectly aseptic.
For preparing Antiseptic paper the aseptic paper obtained as set forth in the fore-
going, is caused to pass by means of suitable mechanism, through a solution of
glycerine or vaseline in alcohol, ether, and chloroform, for the purpose of imparting to
it the required degree of softness. Before the aforesaid fatty substances are used,
they are heated to boiling point. In order to impregnate the paper afterwards with
iodoform, it is caused to pass through a bath of pure iodoform dissolved in ether. The
degree of the solution can be chosen ad libitum and may range between 5 and 30
per cent. The same process is followed for the purpose of impregnating the paper
with phenic acid or with chloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate, (the latter in the
proportion of 1 per 1000), only alcohol and distilled water being here used as solvents
instead of ether. The paper can be impregnated with other antiseptic substances by
an analogous process.

page_text: The aseptic and antiseptic papers can be advantageously used for bandages, dressing
wounds, etc. It replaces advantageously gauze, wadding, impervious cloth, and all
the fabrics hitherto used for surgical and other purposes. It can also be employed for
a large number of other purposes, especially for preserving all kinds of matter which
is injured by insects. For instance, salycilicated paper is admirably suited for
wrapping up oranges and lemons, and generally all kinds of fruits for the purpose of
better preserving them. Paper impregnated with phenic or carbolic acid can also be
used for the same purpose as well as for hygienic and other purposes, such as forming
a layer under chamber hangings, linings for beds, wrappers for parchments, paintings,
engravings, drawings, valuable cloths etc. My correspondents have prepared
5 samples to illustrate their invention, and the various ways of preparing it.
Sample No. 1. is impregnated with 10 and 20 per cent. of iodoform and 10 per cent.
of glycerine.
No. 2. is impregnated with 5 to 10 per cent. of phenic acid without glycerine.
No. 3. is impregnated with 1 per 1000 of perchloride of mercury and 10 per cent.
of glycerine.
No. 4. is impregnated with 10 per cent. of salycilic acid.
No. 5. is to illustrate the case of the invention for armies and is impregnated with
20 per cent. of iodoform and glycerine. A bandage may be used and a cellulose
wrapper impregnated with phenic acid or chloride of
mercury.
Duted this 28th day of M... 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON, & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: A communication from abroad by Professor PAOLO MATCOVICH, Director of the Royal
Hungarian Academy of Commerce, and ANTONIO GROSSICH, Doctor of Medicine,
both of Fiume, in the Kingdom of Hungary.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S. M.I.M.E. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street, Manchester, both
in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, 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:-
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This invention has for its object the preparation of a new product, which my
correspondents call aseptic or antiseptic paper according to the way it has been
prepared.
The elements used for the manufacture of aseptic paper, are linen and cotton, the
proportion being preferably about 75 per cent. of linen and 25 per cent. of cotion.
The linen is used for the purpose of giving the necessary strength or resistance to
tho paper, whilst the cotton is used for the purpose of rendering it soft and flexible.
The linen and the cotton are reduced into pulp or paste by known mechanical means
generally adopted for manufacturing paper, and it is afterwards treated with the
following ingredients, so as to render it white and
pure.
1. It is washed in an alkaline liquid composed of water and sodic and potassic
hydroxide.
2. It is afterwards rinsed or washed in distilled water at a temperature of about
90 to 100 degrees Centigrade.
3. After being thus washed, the pulp is treated with chlorine water.
4. In order to completely purify the substance, it is once more washed with water,
and afterwards with alcohol.
5. The pulp thus purified, is then treated with a solution of phenic acid, in the
proportion of 10 per cent., so as to destroy any microbes which it might contain.
6. The aseptic pulp is transformed into paper by being first compressed by
centrifugal power, and then rolled between aseptic rolls heated by steam to a
temperature of 120 degrees, with any of the well known means for manufacturing
paper from pulp.
My correspondents have such paper made under their special superintendence in
the paper mills of Messrs. Smith and Reynier, at Fiume,

page_text: All these operations are effected in "aseptic" localities, and by persons thoroughly
"aseptic," on account of their being obliged to wear dresses prepared for the purpose,
and also to observe the most scrupulous cleanliness.
The aseptic paper thus obtained, is at once packed with antiseptic paper.
The above described simple operation is all that is necessary for preparing aseptic
paper.
The antiseptic paper, simply consists of aseptic paper, dipped in an antiseptic
solution, in which are dissolved the known and used antiseptics, such as Iodoform,
salol (phenilsalicylic ether), corrosive sublimate, phenic acid, naphthaline, carbolic
acid, thymol, mustard oil, picric acid, boric acid, turpentine oil, salicylic acid.
The process of soaking the aseptic paper in the antiseptic liquid, may be as
follows:-
The aseptic paper is spread upon suitable glass rolls, which by turning round,
cause same to pass into a china ware bath containing the antiseptic liquid, the paper
The rolls can be
is then engaged by other pivoted rolls which deliver it out.
moved by the ordinary rack wheels.
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Iodoform, from 1 to 50 per cent.
Carbolic acid, 5 to 6 per cent.
Corrosive sublimate, 10% 100
Thymol bo to sobor,
and so on according to the prescription and to the use for which the paper is intended.
In order to render the paper more or less soft and flexible, it is desirable to add to
the solution a certain percentage of glycerine or vaseline.
The percentage of glycerine which may be added to the antiseptic solution is from
1 to 40 per cent.
The solution of the antiseptics is effected in alcohol and ether for the iodoform,
salol, and salicylic acid, whilst for the phenic acid and corrosive sublimate, it is
effected in water and alcohol, for the naphthaline, it is effected in alcohol and ether.
All the water used, must always be thoroughly pure and distilled, and also the
glycerine, which is added in quantities varying from 10 to 20 per cent., must be
previously boiled for one hour.
The aseptic and antiseptic papers can be advantageously used for bandages,
dressing wounds, etcetera. It replaces advantageously gauze, wadding, impervious
cloth, and all the fabrics hitherto used for surgical and other purposes. It can also
be employed for a large number of other purposes, especially for preserving all kinds
of matter, which is injured by insects, for preserving fruit clothing, furs, etcetera.
For instance, salicylicated paper is admirably suited for wrapping up oranges and
lemons, and generally all kinds of fruits for the purpose of better preserving them.
Paper impregnated with phenic or carbolic acid can also be used for the same
purpose, as well as for hygienic and other purposes, such as forming a layer under
chamber hangings, linings for beds, wrappers for parchments, paintings, engravings,
drawings, valuable cloths, etcetera.
Both the aseptic and antiseptic paper may be used as a substitute for lint, after
being cut into thin stripes by suitable cutters."
Such stripes may be used for surgical purposes, as also for packing fruits, and
for preserving clothing, furs, etcetera from moths.
My correspondents have prepared 5 samples to illustrate the invention, and the
various ways of preparing it.
Sample No. 1 is impregnated with 10 and 20 per cent. of iodoform, and 10 per cent.
of glycerine.
No. 2 is impregnated with 5 to 10 per cent. of phenic acid without glycerine.
No. 3 is impregnated with per 1000 of perchloride of mercury, and 10 per cent. of
glycerine.
No. 4 is impregnated with .10 per cent. of salicylic acid.

page_text: No. 5 is to illustrate the case of the invention for armies, and is impregnated with
20 per cent. of iodoform, and glycerine. A bandage may be used with a cellulose
wrapper impregnated with phonic acid or chloride of mercury.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The purified aseptic paper made of linen and cotton according to the process,
substantially as herein described.
2. The antiseptic paper manufactured substantially as herein described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.