Medical patents : a letter on the patenting of inventions in connexion with medicine / by John Chapman.

  • Chapman, John, 1821-1894.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Medical patents : a letter on the patenting of inventions in connexion with medicine / by John Chapman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Recently published, in 8vo, price 2s. 6d. S E A-S I C K N E S S: ITS NATURE AND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM BY MEANS OF ICE. [The work contains reports of Seventeen Cases, proving that Sea-Sickness is both pre- ventable and curable by means of the Spinal Ice-bag. Its application is agreeable : it gives immediate comfort and relief; while arresting the sickness, as well as any cramps or spasms which may be experienced, it restores the impaired circulation of the blood to its normal standard ; and thus the patient, who may be cold, pallid, apa- thetic, and completely prostrate, quickly regains the ruddy glow and the mental and physical energy of health.] “ Certainly, so far as the history of these voyages across the Channel goes, it is highly in favour of the author’s ingenious recommendations We advise, both for practical and theoretical purposes, that the pages of this pamphlet be carefully perused.”— Lancet, March 4, 1865. “ I had some difficulty in persuading passengers to try it (the spinal ice-bag), but those who did were benefited.”—Capt. White, Commander of one of the Newhaven and Dieppe boats. “ In severe cases, where other remedies have failed, I have very generally found it (the spinal ice-bag) do great good. I have applied it to young children, delicate women, and old people. In no case does it do harm ; but in the great majority of instances it soothes the nervous irritability which so commonly accompanies sea-sickness, induces sleep, and so enables the stomach to receive light food, and consequently relieves exhaustion. I order it to be kept on a couple of hours ; though, if the patient sleeps, as is often the case, I never remove it until after waking.”—Letter of S. M. Bradley, Surgeon, Cnnard Service, in the “Lancet,” December 3, 1864. “The following is an extract from a letter addressed to me, June 3rd, 1865, by Dr. Hayle, of Rochdale :—‘ I recommended a patient about to cross the Atlantic to try one of your ice-bags for sea-sickness. The result was most satisfactory. He was never sick when wearing the ice-bag. Once he went without it, and then, and then only, was he sick.’ “ In the latter part of 1865, Mrs. Charles Darwin wrote to me, that her son had recently experienced the benefit of the spinal ice-bag, while passing from Holyhead to Ireland ‘on a rough morning.’ She said, ‘ He is very subject to sea-sickness, and is convinced that, without the ice, he would, on this occasion, have been very bad. He put on the bag soon after starting,when already disordered, and at once felt relief.”— Diarrliceaand Cholera.” By John Chapman, M.D. Second edition, p. 132. “ If Dr. Chapman has proposed to us a means of alleviating, with almost perfect certainty, that most distressing malady, sea-sickness, we are criminally neglectful if we refuse to employ it The case (in question) is as conclusive as a single case can be, in regard to the great practical value of bis discovery The effects of the application of the ice-bag were little short of miraculous. In three minutes the retching ceased and the spasms were calmed. In a quarter of an hour she (the patient) had fallen into a quiet sleep ; and in half an hour her hands and feet were of natural warmth, and her face had regained its wonted colour. In two hours she awoke, greatly refreshed, and from that time did not miss a single meal. I can see no reason why the process may not be successfully extended over twelve days as well as four (the treatment was continued duringthe whole voyage—a rough one, lasting four days and a half—with complete success), with proper care and management.”—Report of “ Case of Sea-Sickness successfully treated by Ice to the Spine.” By B. Lee, M.D., in the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Reporter. Now ready, in 8vo, price One Shilling, CHLOROFORM AND OTHER ANAESTHETICS: THEIR HISTORY AND USE DURING CHILDBIRTH.