US115137A - Improvement in apparatus for electrical, vacuum, and vapor treatment - Google Patents

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MNLHAUTLEY.

' yImprovement in Apparatus for-E1ectrica1 Vacuum and Vapor `1`reartmentrV No. 115,187.1l 1 Patented May 23,1871;

K B x u "Kl n le/ffii@ STATES PATENT @einen "MAUnronnowELLj UTLEY, or MONTREAL, cANADA-- IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL, VACUUM, AND VAPOR.TREATifiENT.

Speciiicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 115,137, dated May 23, 1871.

ment and Cure of Diseases and ImperfectDelvelopment of the Male GenerativeOrgan;77

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the ,annexed drawing, where- Figure I representsa side elevation of tube, Ste. Fig. 1I represents an end elevation of tube, &c. Fig. III represents an elevation of air-pump. FigIV represents an elevation of vapor-generator, &c. Fig. V represents a plan of vapor-generator, Src.

This invention consists in the peculiar construction of the receiver of an electro-vapor apparatus, as will befully described hereinafter.

`In the drawing hereunto annexed similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Letter a is a glass `tube or cylinder of the required size. On one end of this a metal ring, b, isattached, ofthe form shown in the drawing, and suitably `contigurated to be pressed on the portion of the body to which it is applied and form an air-tight joint with it. The attachment of the cylinder c and ring b together is in the ordinary manner, rendering the joint air-tight. In like manner a cap or cover, c, is secured tothe other extremity ofthe cylinder a,`the two being connected by an electrical wire, c; .This cap is provided with two cocks, d and e, having any suitablyformed ends for attaching India-rubber or other flexible tubes upon. f is a projection of suitable form for attaching the wire g of an electrical battery, and extended, for enabling thepatient using it tohold it in the required position after it has been adj usted without the hand being employed for that purpose. This is done by placing the point k against any firmly-fixed body or thing, and pressing the body with some force against the other extremity. To the cock e the airpiimp t', of any suitable construction, is attached by an Indiarubber tube, lt, of required length. To the cock d another India-rubber tube, Z, is attached, connecting with` any metal tube, m, leading from a vapor-generator.

It mayhere be remarked that when mercury is to be evaporated the generator will be made of iron in all its parts, and for other medicines any other suitable metal will be used. This remark also applies to the metal of which the air-pump is constructed.

The operation ofthe invention is as follows: The vapor-generator (shown in Figs. IV and V, but which I do not claim as my invention) having been supplied with the material to be evaporated and heat suitably applied, so that the required vapor is formed, and the herein-- before-described attachments having been adjusted, the male generative organ is then introduced into the cylinder a, which is adjusted and held in the manner hereinbefore deA scribed. The patient, having the free use of his hands, may operate upon himself, or au' other person 'may do so. Having closed the cocks s and d, and opened the cock c by means of the pump i', the air is exhausted to the proper degree. By this action the organ will expand, and the pores of the skin being opened the partis rendered much more susceptible of being acted upon by the vapor. Should electricity be required it :may now be applied, or

sooner or later, according to the treatment prescribed, it being conducted by the wire g to the cap c, and by wire c to ring g, where it is distributed at the base of the organ, the other wire from the battery being properly arranged for that purpose. closed, and the cocks d and c being opened,

the vapor is admitted into the cylinder a to act upon its contents, and after a proper time has elapsed to allow of this taking place the cylinder may be exhausted again, and a fresh supply of vapor admitted, as before described.

This may be repeated any number of times, and the electricity employed at pleasure during the operation.

It is quite evident that the vacuum may be The cock e being used with both electricity and vapor, or only with one of either of the two, as the medical man may think proper.

Having 110W described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claim, and wish secured by Letters Patent, is-

The receiver a, provided with the cap c, having the cocks d e, rest IL, and electrical wire c, as described.

Montreal, 1st day of September, A. I). 1870. MAURICE HOWELL UTLEY, M. D. Witnesses:

CHARLES LEGGE, CHARLES G. O. SIMPsoN.

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