US58301A - Improvement in mechanical medicators - Google Patents

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UNITED STATEs PATENT QEETOE.

r .`A. EOYcE, or BUFFALO, NEW .voi-n.

IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MEDICATORS.

`Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,301, dated September 25, 1866.

To all whom it may concern: 'l

Be it known that I, P. A. ROYCE, of the city of Buffalo, county-ot Erie, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mechanical Medicator 5 and I do hereby declare thatthe following is afull and exact devarious forms may be successfully treated,

whether acute or chronic, and without any inconvenience or unpleasant sensa-tions to the patients, and which could not be reached by the old method, to all of which my improved apparatus is peculiar, in applying remedies both Aexternally and internally. By my invention many diseases may be reached at any locality of the systema decided advantage over the old method of applying remedies.

My invention has for its object the treat ment ot' diseases by applying locally to both the external and internal parts and organs (so far as they are accessible to mechanical appliances) liquids, vapors, gases, or finely-comminuted powders for anaesthetic and other medical purposes; the generating of gases and vapors from liquidand solid substances for said purposes in a convenient, safe, and eco.- nomical manner, and the use of atmospheric pressure, or of the exhaustion or rarefaction thereof, applied to local affections and diseased organs in remedial treatment; and it consists in the combination of a double -acting pistonpump 'with suitable devices and appliances, hereinafter described, for generating` medical vapors and applying the same, either by themselves or mixed with atmospheric air, forming a compact, portable, and convenient apparat-us for the purpose. l

Figure 1 isa side elevation ot' my instrument in connection with a portion ot' the apparatus used for the generating of gas. Fig. 2 is a plan or vertical view of the instrument alone. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the same. Fig. 4L is a detached view of a sliding cap, and Fig. 5 of a thimble or nozzle used over the perforated pipe G, Fig. 1, for purposes hereinafter to be described. Fig. 6 is a plan view, and Fig. 7 a sectional elevation, of a spirit-lamp of ordinary construction. Figs.

8 and 9 are a vertical section and a plan view of a cup to be used with my apparatus for drycupping or drawing blood. Figs. ll() and 11 are side views of jars used in connection with the generating-cups, Fig. 14, and the pumping apparatus, Fig. 1, for producing ozone. Fig. 12 is an inverted or bottom view, and Fig. 13 a sectional elevation, of a heater to be used in connection with the apparatus.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in lthe different figures.

As represented in the drawings, Ads a stand or base of any suitable or convenient form, which supports the upright cylinder B, which is closed at the top and provided with a diaphragm or partition, y, a little distance above the stand,wliich divides it into an upper closed cylinder and a lower or supplementary chamber, the bottom of which is a removable diaphragm or cup, T. The cylinder B is providedl with. a piston, S, and rod E, which is cond nected above with hand-lever D and fulcrumstandard C, Fig. 1, and also with two side chambers, F K, (best shown in Fig. 3,)'which extend from the top to a point slightly below the diaphragm i where F is provided with an induction-port, H, and K with an eduotionorifice, L, both of a conical form at their termination, to admit of convenient connection with elastic tubes or other extension.

Valves N P and 0 R, of any suitable construction, communicate between chamber F and cylinder B, opening into the latter, and from said cylinder into chamber K, so that when the piston is worked the apparatus performs the functions of a double-acting pump.

This pump may be used for compressing air to apply local pressure to any affected part by connecting an air-bag with the oritce L by means of a suitable tube; or, in like manner, any medicated vapor or antesthetic agent may be applied by generating the same in the supplementary chamber T in the following manner: VThe lower portion of this chamber cons ists of a cup closely fitting the sides of the cylinder B, which forms a tight receptacle for any liquid or other material which-it is desired to vaporize or otherwise employ.

Heat is applied to the bottom U by means of a spirit lamp, when the volatilized portions which till the chamber T are drawn into F through the small tube or orifice V.

2 y assoit Fig. 3, (the induction -oriiiee H being previously closed by suitable cap,) and thus,.by the action of the pump, is conveyed through L to the point required. As a supply of air is usually required in mixture with the medicated vapors employed, and especially in applying anzesthetic vapors to modify and regulate their iuiiuence, I provide for the introduction of air in any quantity required, and for graduating the amount with great nicety by means of a tube, G, Figs. l and 3, having a row of perforations, t', on its side or sides, and provided with a cap, W, Fig. 4, closed at one end. The open end being placed on that of the tube G closes it, and by sliding it farther on or oif more or less of the perforations are covered, thus graduating the air-ad mittin g space. e

Thus'the chamber T may be made the receptacle of any material of a medical nature, and by admitting a requisite quantity of air, as described, and by the application of' heat, if required, vapors therein formed will be taken through the pump and conveyed to the lungs, or any other part, internally and externally; and the apparatus may also be used for fumigation" by generating by heat the fumes or gases from the solid substances and discharging them through a iiexible tube connected with the nozzle L.

It will be observed that this instrument acts equally well for exhausting or condensing air. Thus the cup g, Figs. 8 and 9, may be used upon the patient either for applying pressure of air to treat -iniiamed and congested part-s by repelling the blood, or for exhausting the air, so as to cause the blood to iiow to the part to which it is applied; andthese different effects vare produced by simply connecting the tube h with the orifice L for condensing, or with H for exhausting. By placing one of the limbs in an air-tight envelope and condensing the air within it, a uniform pressure is obtained, by which swellin gs or other enlargements may be reduced or medicated vapors and foments applied to the limb, while by the same apparatus, worked to rarefy the air, the contrary effect of attracting the blood to the part is produced, thus placing under the conv trol of the medical practitioner, by a simple apparatus, very important remedial methods of' treatment hitherto little used, and effected by the same action of the instrument simultaneously on different parts of the system, or on' dii'erent patients.

The value of these functions of the apparatus is illustrated in the case of a swollen or ililiamed breast, where pressure may be applied by condensing air in a suitable cup, or by an air-pad, while the apparatus is at the same time exhausting the air from the other breast, and bringing the blood into it, while repelling it from the affected one, thus restoring equilibrium to the circulation.

-One very important use of this apparatus is hto apply local pressure to the internal organs and pelvic viscera by connecting with the nozzle L an elastic tube having at its opposite end an expansive india-rubber bladder. I first insert it into the natural passage till the af fected part is reached, and then iniiate it by the pump until sufficient pressure is attained. This forms a most effectual means of arresting uterine hemorrhage, as theinflation of the airbladder lnay be made to completely close the vaginal passage and produce direct pressure on the uterine vessels. In this manner hemorrhoidal veins may be reduced without excision in any form, and at points above reach by ordinary means.

External pressure is attainable by the use of the air-bladder, bound upon the limb or body while collapsed, and afterward inilated. Antesthetic vapors may be injected directly into the internal organs, or applied externally where local anaesthesia is required, and medicine in the form of powder or dust may thus be introduced into the throat, lungs, lower bowels, and pelvic viseera by simply connecting the eduction-tube of the apparatus with a bottle containing it.

' One of the attachments of my apparatus'is designed for generating ozone for direct inhalation from a tube connected with eductionpipe of the apparatus, or for disseminating in the atmosphere of the room occupied by the patient.

Upon a suitable base, D, Fig. 14, two glass or earthen cups, F E, are fixed and nearly lled with water. Phosphorus is introduced into cup F, the pieces being exposed above the water in parts, when the glass jar N, Fig. 11, is inverted over it, with its neck inserted in the water of the cup. The jar M, Fig. 10, is in like manner inverted in the Water in cup E, to form a purifier and receiver, as will be explained. The glass pipe L, Fig. 14, being connected with the nozzle L, Fig. 3, air is pumped through it into the jar F.

The chemical action which takes place between the phosphorus and the water produces ozone, which, by the introduction of air by the pump, is carried through pipe K into the jar E, where it is discharged in the water, the end of the pipe being submerged, and blown through it before it rises into the jar. The water purifies the ozone from any phosphorous acid remaining with it. The purified ozone,

danger attending its production and use in safe quantities.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The apparatus consisting of the pumping-cylinder B, chambers F K, provided with.

induction and eduction valves and orifices, with the supplementary or generating chamber T, connected with chamber F by the passage V, the whole combined, arranged, and

operating substantially in the manner and for the ozone-generator, Fig. 14, constructed and the purpose herein set forth. operating substantially as described.

2. In combination with the above-described .Y apparatus, the perforated air'pipe Gr and slid- P' A? ROYCE' ing cap W', operating in the manner and for Witnesses: the purpose specified. J. FRASER,

3. In combination with the said apparatus, J. HYATT.

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