Improvement in Medical Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a pill composed of podophyllin, leptandrin, butternut bark extract, rhubarb extract, extract of "jalap," capsicum, quinine sulfate, and salicin. The pill is said to treat a wide variety of diseases.
Date: April 12, 1874
Creator: Roberts, Robert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stocking (open access)

Stocking

Patent for the invention of stocking manufacture in two section, a leg section and a foot section- susceptible of being connected and disconnected by sewing for the purpose of renewing the foot-section when unduly worn by substituting therefor a new section [5-10].
Date: April 12, 1882
Creator: Preston, Leonidus, M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water - Tank. (open access)

Water - Tank.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in water tanks.
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Stevenson, William M. & Bailey, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History