Specification of Richard Archibald Brooman : abdominal supporters.

  • Brooman, Richard Archibald.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Specification of Richard Archibald Brooman : abdominal supporters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Broomans Improvements in Abdominal Supporters. over the front of the thigh. By this arrangement no flat pressure is given, but a lifting pressure is gained, not much upon the front of the bowels, but upon the lateral columns of the abdominal contents, and thus extending support from the bottom of the sides of the abdomen to both lateral columns of the trunk, supporting the bowels, liver, stomach, breast, lungs, &c., by lifting all up 5 pressing upon the short ribs, and assisting gently to enlarge the chest. A modification of the front pad may be made, which gives to the instrument the additional advantages of a truss for the relief and permanent cure of hernia. This is effected by dividing the pad down the middle, as shewn in Figure VI., and uniting the parts by a hinge joint i. The lower part of each portion is 10 then extended still further downward, and on the side next the body of the extending part a pad of wood or other suitable substance is placed, which shall produce pressure upon the rupture in the usual manner. When the supporter is fixed in the proper place a strap is to be placed on the studs (h, &,) con¬ necting the upper parts of the pad, and another on the studs (Z, /), thus ]5 connecting the lower parts together, and retaining the instrument in the proper position. Having now explained the nature of the Invention which has been com¬ municated to me as aforesaid, and described what the Inventor considers to be the best form of construction, I declare that what I consider to be new, and 20 therefore claim as the Invention secured to me under the Letters Patent herein-before referred to, is as follows:— Firstly, I claim the two short elastic arms, S shaped, connected with other parts of a supporter, having a pad upon each end, one pad to rest upon the short ribs behind the curve, and free from the spine, while the other rests upon 25 the flat plate of the os-illium, each Splate being united at the middle to a long elastic arm by a mortise, allowing no motion but that of sliding in or out the long arm, and the short arm always crossing at right angles. Secondly, I claim the employment of two long elastic arms in connection with other parts of a supporter, and with the g-shaped arms by a mortise and 30 screw bolts, these arms being so cut that when laid upon a flat surface the edge shall be first convex, then concave, and then straight, and formed so as to sit flat upon the person, rising above the hips with a point of rest about one third of its length from the back, and falling down in front to a pad, and by so adjusting the shape of the arms and point of rest as to press directly upon 35 the hernial rings, and lift up the abdominal contents towards the top of the hips. Thirdly, I claim the supporter pad so formed as to be thicker on the inside near its lower end and outer edge at the point of termination or lower fasten-