US Patent: 5,556X
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| Mode of Making and Applying Splints to Fractured Limbs
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Patentee:
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| David S. C. H. Smith (exact or similar names) - Sutton, Worcester County, MA |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Jul. 07, 1829 |
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| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
" For an improved mode of making and applying Splints to Fractured Limbs; David S. C. H. Smith, Physician, Sutton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, July 7.
These splints are to be made of hatter's felt, which is to be saturated with shellac varnish. Moulds formed of plaster of Paris, or of carved wood, may be employed to give the varnished felt the proper shape. The felt is to be cut of such a size as to form a splint which will embrace rather more than one-half of the limb. When the varnish is dry, these splints are sufficiently stiff to retain the form given to them. To adapt them to a fractured limb, they are to be held over the steam of boiling water, which will render them sufficiently pliable to admit of their being moulded by the hand, and of acquiring their final form from the limb itself. Counter splints are placed on the opposite side of the limb; these counter splints have buckles attached to them, which receive straps from the splints, to secure them in their places."
The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Oct. 1829, pgs. 249-250
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