US238721A

US238721A - Electro-therapeutical chair

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Publication number: US238721A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 1898-03-08

Description

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0. -C. SHARP. Electra-Therapeutical Chair. No. 238,721.

Patented March 8, I88.

WITNESSES %Z ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES CHRISTOPHER QsHAR'P, OF'DAVENPORT, IOWA.

-EL'ECTRO-TH ERAPEU TI CAL CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ito-238,721, dated March Application filed November 13, 1880. (No model.)

clear, and exact description of the constructipnfand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making'a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The figure of the drawing is a' perspective view'of my device.

This invention relates to the application of electricity in the cure of diseases. The invention consists in a chair of pecul-iar construction with appliances whereby the treatment may be general or'local, as desired.

In the annexed drawings, Ais a chair, having arms B B, back 0, hinged to seat D and made adjustable by pins, and notched arms, and foot-rest E, hinged to the seat D by sup ports F F, and made adjustable by rod '0, and notched arms d. There is a drawer beneath the chair, and a hinged support behind.

Supported at one side of the chair is an index-board, I, having thereon the bindingscrews K, of any desired number.

L represents wiresleading from an adja cent battery to the screws K, and adapted to be fastened to the latter at the top. Leading from the bottom of these screws Kare wires M, which terminate in plates arranged upon d ifi'erent parts of the chair. Attached to the chair-frame are these various plates, each being shaped and adapted to fit different portions of the human form.

N is a rod sliding in brackets e, and held by set-screws, said rod carrying a plate, 0,

made to fit the head andshoulders, and a" plate, P, to fit the back, both plates being adjustable by set-screws along the rod N.

.Upon the arms of the chair are arranged plates Q and R, to fit the arms and hands,

.vso

and on the inside of said armsare plates S, to fit the hips, all-three being adjustable.

T is an elastic band carrying a plate, V, to fit the stomach.

U is a plate on the seat of the chair. W.

may be constructed to fit any portions of the form, those mentioned being the ones most commonly tobe used.

In using this devicethe patient is placed in the chair, which, by its adjustable back and foot-support, is put into an easy and comfortable position.

In treating diseases the great point is to readily infect the part which is the location of the trouble. It is the prime object of this invention to furnish a device by which such treatment can be localized, and only those parts of the body which are diseased subjected to the action of the electricity directly, leaving the other portions untouched and only affected indirectly. i

The patient being seated, as described, the proper plate for the part to be treated is put in place. Now, by connecting its bindingscrew with the battery,a-current of electricity will flow directly to the desired part. More than one part'can be treated at the same time, and by sending the current direct it can be better manipulated, and the required'amount better determined, than if it were conveyed at one point of. the body for all diseased portions.

Iii-using this chair it is of course understood that the same is insulated, and that the plate and wire through which the current is administered is an anode, and the patient is connected by a cathode with the battery. v

I am aware that electro-medica-l and electro-galvanic chairs are not new, and I do not,

broadly, claim the same. WhatI claim is- In a magnetic chair, the hinged back 0,

der plate 0, and the adjustable'back-plate P,

both secured to the rod N, workingiu brack- 'provided with the adjustable head and shouletse, the seat D, having plate U, the arms B,

having arm and hand plates Q and, R, the

' hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SHARP.

knee-plates W W, calf-plates X X, and footplates Y Y upon the hinged foot-rest E, operated by rod 0 and rack d, and the index-board I, having binding-posts K, for connecting the I y wires M with the battery-wires L, substan- Witnesses tially as and for the purposes set; forth. B. G. AGKERS,

In testimony that I claim the above I have H. H. ASGHERMANN.