Specification of George Robbe : preparation for the treatment of foot and mouth disease.

  • Robbe, George.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Specification of George Robbe : preparation for the treatment of foot and mouth disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Robbe's Rreparation for the Treatment of Foot and Mouth Disease. cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent. NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Robbe, do hereby declare 5 the nature of the said Invention, and* in what manner the same is to he performed, to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say : — The Invention relates to a medical preparation applicable to the treat¬ ment of what is known in Prance as “ la fi&vre aphteuse, la pietain, et 10 le fourchet,” and in England as “ foot and mouth disease,” to which animals of the bovine, ovine, and porcine classes are especially subject. It consists in the preparation and employment of what the Inventor calls a plienicated sulpho-tannate of iron and copper, composed of the following ingredients mixed together, by preference in about the pro- 15 portions and in the manner described, that is to say :— Take of Sulphate of copper Sulphate of iron Powdered gall nuts Water - 250 grammes, Prench weight. - 20 grammes, Prench weight. - 15 grammes, Prench weight. 1 litre, Prench measure. 20 Mix these together and boil for 15 or 20 minutes until the three first ingredients are completely dissolved in the water; allow the liquid to cool until the temperature has fallen to about 20 degrees Reaumur (770 Pahrenheit), then add 5 grammes of plienic acid, and the pre¬ paration will be ready for use. 25 The lotion thus made may be applied to the part affected in the following manner:—The pellicle or skin covering the sore is to be removed by means of the finger nails or other convenient and suitable means; the lotion is then to be applied two or three times to the sore by means of a hair pencil; and generally, five or six hours after this treat- 30 ment the animal will be able to graze easily. If, however, on the following day the animal drinks but does not eat, it will generally be found that some of the sores have not been treated, and a fresh dressing will be necessary. Por the tongue a single dressing will generally be found sufficient; but sometimes for the feet more than one application 35 will be required. Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the