Year: 1887

page_text: I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention consists in a new method of conveying an antiseptic remedy such as
carbolic acid by means of an impalpable powder or dust inhaled through the mouth
or nostrils so as to reach the parts which are affected by catarrh or any kindred disease.
For this purpose my foreign correspondent uses as a vehicle any harmless material
which is ground to a sufficient degree of fineness such as slippery elm or licorice root
and to this powder is added a sufficient quantity of the solution of carbolic acid or
powdered crystals thereof the whole being thoroughly mixed or triturated in a mortar
until every atom or part of the powder is thoroughly impregnated with the remedial
agent. The compound thus prepared is thus put up for use as follows:
A small quantity, three or four tablespoonsful is deposited upon a small piece of
cotton cloth or other suitable material, preferably of double thickness and the ends are
then caught up and tied in the manner of a small pouch or bag so that the only means
of escape for the remedy is in the shape of an impalpable dust passing through the.
texture of the enclosing cloth. Such a bag held in one hand and struck or snapped
with the thumb and finger of the other will permit a small quantity of the mixture to
escape in the form of a fine powder or dust resembling smoke and this being inhaled
or drawn up through the mouth or nostrils will pass through and into all the nasal and
aural passages and air cells of the lungs and the healing agent conveyed by means of
this fine dust will settle upon and pack the diseased parts destroying the germs and
preventing new formations and enabling the tissues to heal rapidly.
In the drawings Figures 1 and 3 illustrate the method of using it.
Figure 2 shows the ball itself.

page_text: The impalpable atoms which convey the remedy in this process are intended to be
inhaled through the mouth into the lungs as well as through the nostrils and are so
minutely subdivided that such inhalation through the mouth is not only practicable
but no dirt or grit, so common in catarrhal snuffs is carried into the air cells of the
lungs at all. Practically the only thing carried being the healing agent itself insomuch
as the particles, which issue from the bag when struck are so fine as soon to be lost to
sight in the air.
These particles will not fall but will rise like smoke and remain suspended in the
air and are drawn into the mouth and lungs with the air in ordinary respiration.
Again by inhaling it with the air you naturally breathe the impalpable powder or
dust impregnated or charged with carbolic acid or other antiseptic being liberated in
the adjacent or surrounding air as previously explained, will be efficacious in the
. treatment of neuralgia, eye diseases, deafness &c., by radically removing the germ or
cause of said discase viz. the distribution of the statia tube leading from the nostrils
to the ear, the ducts from the cavities under and over the eye to the nostrils, thereby
giving the confined or pent up mucous a natural outlet through the nostrils thus
assisting nature; and it will be evident that such effect cannot be gained by external
applications of forced or artificial inhalation.
Powder forced up the nostrils or into the posterior nasal cavities from behind the
soft palate or down the bronchial tubes, meets naturally with resistance and is either
forced back or chokes up the passage and therefore does not reach the air cells of the
head or throat, bronchial tubes and lungs as does this method.
By encasing this remedy as described my foreign correspondent is enabled to supply
a large quantity of the remedial powder in a cheaper form than has been heretofore
introduced and the bag or pouch does not require refilling and renewing constantly
while on the other hand the injectors atomizers and insufflators do require such renewing
and refilling and when contained within any of these devices the particles of the powder
are agitated and exposed and admission of air is allowed through the body thereof all
of which lessen in a great degree the strength and healing quality of the powder.
A powder forced by pressure or blown into the nostrils or throat only reaches so far
as the artificial force will carry it, but when this method is applied the powder
commingled with the air we breathe would penetrate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the same is
to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The method herein described of impregnating the open air with impalpable
powder permeated or charged with carbolic acid or other antiseptic remedy which
consists of first, dividing the powder infinitesimally then liberating it by striking the
receptacle slightly in proximity to the mouth or nostrils whereby it can be inhaled or
drawn in in the manner set forth.
2. The method herein described of imparting antiseptic remedies to the system
which consists in impregnating a finely divided medium with the same confining said
medium in a receptacle of fine fabric and liberating then impalpable portion of the
antiseptic medium by striking the receptacle while held in close proximity to the
nostrils or mouth during inhalation substantially as described.
T: 11 CA: 1007