Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Gutta percha, its discovery, history, and manifold uses. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Gutta percha, its discovery, history, and manifold uses. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![from the regimental stores.” The testimonial of the Governor of the great Greenwich Naval School, shows them to be in con¬ stant use by 800 boys, in every kind of w^eather, and in all descriptions of gymnastic exercise, with the happiest effect upon Fig. 23, Police at Liverpool. health and comfort. Nineteen officers of the Liverpool Police force, who have for a length of time worn Gutta Percha soles, “ Being daily on duty in all weathers, we have had ample opportunity of testing them; and not only have we derived great comfort from their wear, in conse(][uence of their keeping the/ee^ so warm and dry, but from their‘cheapness and great durability, we find them much more economical than leather soles. And lastly. Sir John Boss gives this among his remi¬ niscences of the Polar regions ; “ I have worn patent Gutta Percha soles during the last two years, and have found them most valuable for preserving the feet dry and warm. They are very superior to leather, being not only perfectly waterproof, but also more durable and cheaper. To sailors, especially those proceeding to the Arctic regions, Gutta Percha will prove a warm friend, owing to its peculiar property of resisting the frost.” One of the medical men above quoted suggests, “ the art of putting it on is so easily acquired, that if the trade will not do](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30560718_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
