Specification of Matthew Tomlinson : medical plaister.

  • Tomlinson, Matthew.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Specification of Matthew Tomlinson : medical plaister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tomlinsons Improved Medical Plaister. portions of the materials herein-before specified, as such may be varied according to the strength or substance of the same. But what I claim as of my Invention, and believe to be new, to the best of my knowledge and belief, within this realm is, the combination or amalgamation of cod liver oil (instead 5 of the oils formerly used) with a preparation of lead called “ litharge, in addition with any resinous substances or without them, so as to produce a pigment or plaister for medical purposes, as herein described. In witness whereof, I, the said Matthew Tomlinson, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of June, One thousand eight 10 hundred and fifty-six. MATTHEW TOMLINSON. (l.s.) Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named Matthew Tomlinson, in the presence of E. J. Hughes, Patent Agent, 15 Manchester. LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. 1856.