Specification of William Darlow : trusses, splints, &c.

  • Darlow, William.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Specification of William Darlow : trusses, splints, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Darlow's Improvements in Trusses, Splints, fyc. in order to impart curative or healing properties thereto by magneti¬ zation* The application of my Invention to a truss or other surgical support or appliance does not depend upon or relate to its form or construction so long as it can he magnetised, and by such action bring to bear the 5 healing curative properties of such magnetism on the henial, umbilical, or other rupture. Also in bringing magnetic properties to bear on the dorsal region and abdominal plexus for the cure of incipient rupture, or for reducing s obstinate forms of hernia, and at the same time imparting strength to 10 the organs surrounding this part of the system. Also by acting on the abdomen most beneficially when the patient suffers from great bowel weakness, or where low spinal weakness exists, and which up to this time has not been treated either by truss or bandage. The application* of galvanism for* such purposes has been 15 attempted but has failed in consequence of the difficulty attending its application. No means have as yet been attempted except the mechanical aid afforded by such contrivances, but by my improve¬ ments I bring to bear curative power as well as mechanical aid. My improvements are also applicable to splints, pads, and other 20 surgical supports or appliances, for whatever purpose they may be applied to the human body or limbs. SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by the said William Harlow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 30tli September 1874. 25 TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1, WiLLIAM Harlow, of 435, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting* r--- - WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the 30 thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and - successors, give and grant unto me, the said William Harlow, Her special license that I, the said William Darlow, my executors,