Specification of Walter Blundell : apparatus for irrigating and sponging wounds, &c.

  • Blundell, Walter.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Specification of Walter Blundell : apparatus for irrigating and sponging wounds, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 A.D. 1873.—N° 2344. Provisional Specification. Blundell's Impts. in Apparatus for Irrigating 8f Sponging Wounds, 8fC. hemispherical collar or washer to secure the sponge and maintain its position on the ball or vessel. The sponge is so arranged in a hollow or dished form to resemble a cup, which when inverted serves to enclose or surround the part to be washed, syringed, or otherwise treated, leaving an internal space for the 5 free flow of the liquid or water to the affected part, the hall or vessel being free to be grasped by the hand of the operator. By these means the part affected may he washed or syringed, and wiped dry at one operation. The apparatus may be made of any required size and used for general iq ablutionary purposes, in which case the nozzle may he furnished with a rose or other form of outlet for the more extended distribution of the water or liquid. Other absorbent fabric or combination of fabrics may be used in lieu of sponge, or an ordinary syringe of metal, glass, bone, or ivory, may be used in lieu of the collapsible ball. For vaginal purposes 15 the nozzle should be made according to the usual forms. The collapsible ball or vessel may in some cases be furnished with a non-return inlet valve in addition to the ordinary inlet, for the more rapid supply of liquid. The sponge may be of any desired shape. 20 LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. 1874.