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Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms

Description: Patent for an automatic hook for artificial arms that allows a pen or pencil to be held.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
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Analgetic Bandage.

Description: Patent for a new and useful "analgetic bandage for curing headaches and oher disorders of the nervous system" (line 5-7) including illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Ray, Thomas L.
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Apparatus for Testing Errors of Refraction

Description: Patent for an eye testing device that has a movable lens, a measuring device for correction, and two different cards with test type on them which are fed into the machine during testing for astigmatism and myopia, presbyopia, and hyperopia to determine the level of correction needed in glasses.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Bahn, Gustavus Adolphus
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Anesthetic Holding And Dispensing Apparatus

Description: Patent for an anesthetic holding and dispensing apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Maxfield, James R. & Maupin, Seth B.
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Bitters.

Description: Patent for stomach-bitters (a bittersweet digestive aid) “a new and healthy composition of matter to be used as a tonic, and to be known as the ‘Improved Bitters,’ ” (lines 5-7) which includes ingredients and dosage. Ingredients are Cologne spirits (the highest grade of distilled alcohol), Ceylon cinnamon, orange-peel, galanga-root, zedoary-root, cloves, star aniseed, coriander, Roman chamomile-flowers, cassia-buds, juniper-berries, gentian-root, wormwood, peppermint herb, calamus-root, elder-f… more
Date: December 9, 1884
Creator: Kieffer, Nickola
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Artificial Leg.

Description: Patent for an artificial leg that has an improved ankle joint and a socket for the stump. It is also more comfortable than other artificial legs.
Date: February 12, 1895
Creator: Chapman, Edward
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Combined Pessary and Womb-Battery.

Description: Patent for a combined pessary and womb-battery. It is inserted into a woman's vagina and is used to deliver medication "and to stimulate the genitals to a healthy and normal action both mechanically and electrically" (lines 11-13). The device is worn without discomfort and can be worn while pregnant.
Date: July 7, 1896
Creator: Keller, Martha Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Womb-Battery.

Description: Patent for a womb-battery that has "an advantageous electrical or galvanic device adapted, when placed in the womb of a patient where it will be subject to the chemical action of the mucous fluid, to develop a mild electric action and thereby stimulate the generative organs and promote the cure of the various diseases peculiar to the female sex" (lines 13-20). It also is not easily displaced and is easily adjusted.
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Petit, Julius C.
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Liniment.

Description: Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.
Date: February 19, 1889
Creator: Bates, David
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Liniment.

Description: Patent for “a compound for the treatment of diseases of the kidney, rheumatism, neuralgia, diarrhea, dysentery, cramps, colic, and pains, and dyspepsia” (lines 8-11) which includes ingredients and their measurements . The ingredients are alcohol, spirits of turpentine, spirits of camphor, aqua-ammonia, tincture of opium, chloroform, tincture of ginger, oil of sassafras, balsam of fir, essence of peppermint, oil of black pepper, oil of origanum, tincture of capsicum, tincture of guaiacum, and s… more
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Christopher, George Washington & Grant, James M.
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Irrigator

Description: Patent for an irrigator used to treat piles (hemorrhoids) and similar diseases. A nozzle delivers liquid to wash the surface of the mucus coating of the afflicted area, and then drains the liquid without obstructing the flow of the liquid. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Phillips, Edwin R.
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Loose-Leaf Binder.

Description: Patent for a loose-leaf binder for medicine prescriptions, which is easier to open and close than previous ones.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Perkins, John Hardeman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insufflator.

Description: Patent for an ejector meant to apply "powder for medicinal purposes to afflicted parts of the body without difficulty" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 18, 1896
Creator: Moore, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leg Brace

Description: Patent for a leg brace. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R. & O'Neall, Elisha V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Veterinary Mouth-Speculum.

Description: Patent for a mouth speculum for use by veterinarians to hold open the mouths of animals during surgeries on their teeth.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Rutherford, Frank E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truss

Description: Patent for a truss for the use of alleviating abdominal hernias. Illustrations included.
Date: September 5, 1911
Creator: Baker, Littleton Lafayette
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Vapor or Gas Generating Apparatus

Description: Patent for vapor or gas generating apparatus. "This invention relates to an apparatus for generating vapor and gases from the air, earth, wood and other substances, for the treatment of internal and external diseases, the object of the invention being to provide a simple reliable, effective and economical apparatus whereby medical vapors or gases of various kinds may be rapidly and conveniently generated and used in the treatment and cure of various internal and external disorders" (lines 9-19)… more
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Norwood, Walter Nathaniel
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Inhaler

Description: Patent for an inhaler. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: White, George W.
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Truss

Description: Patent for a truss for holding a pad in position during surgery.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Haile, James Thomas
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Improvement in Trusses.

Description: Patent for improvements in the wiring and metal plates in self-adjusting trusses.
Date: September 27, 1870
Creator: Baker, William
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Improvements In Dropping-Bottles

Description: Patent for improvements in dropping-bottles that can be used by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to dispense medicine one drop at a time.
Date: June 29, 1875
Creator: Garrett, Charles C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Tape-Worm Medicines.

Description: Patent for a compound called “Tape-Worm Medicine” that is used to “remove tape-worms from the human body speedily and effectually; and it consists in a composition formed from the fibrils of the roots of the pomegranate mixed with water” (lines 9-13).
Date: September 23, 1879
Creator: Nette, August
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Description: Patent for a medical compound consisting of magnesia, soda, potassium oxide, manganese, sodium chloride, acid phosphate of iron, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid. The compound is said to treat a wide variety of ailments.
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Coleman, George S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Description: Patent for a mixture of "amargosa" root, Jamaica ginger, glycerin, and simple syrup for use in treating illnesses of the bowels.
Date: March 18, 1873
Creator: Putegnat, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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