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Patent For Improvement In Apparatus For Removing Invalids
My invention consists of an apparatus, described hereinafter for readily raising invalids from their beds, removing them to a distance from the same, and as readily replacing them in their beds again....
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Title: Patent For Improvement In Apparatus For Removing Invalids
Creator: Jacob Ruth (patent holder)
Date: October 22, 1861
Format: Government Document
Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Control no.: Patent Number 33,545
Keywords: Assistive Technology; Beds; Elevator; Government; Hospitals; Institutions; Invalid; Inventions; Jacob Ruth; Labor & Commerce; Patents; Pennsylvania; Physical Disability; Technology & Equipment
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Physical Environment; Science, Health & Technology
Funding Support Provided By: NEC Foundation of America


Objects From This Artifact:
- Design For J. Ruth Invalid Carriage (still)
- Patent For Improvement In Apparatus For Removing Invalids (doc)