A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT TO BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATISH AND OTHER DISEASES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Baunscheidt, of Endenich, near Bonn, in
the Kingdom of Prussia, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
INSTRUMENT TO BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATISH AND OTHER
DISEASES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Baunscheidt
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th January 1869.
I, CHARLES BAUNSCHEIDT, of Endenich, near Bonn, in the Kingdom
of Prussia, do hereby declaro the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT TO BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATISA
AND OTHER DISEASES," to be as follows:--
My Invention relates to an instrument to be used in the treatment.
of rheumatic affections and other diseases such as earache, headache,
deafness, intermittent and nervous fevers, inflammation of the brain.

page_text: and paralysis in conjunction with an oil or oils or liniment, and more
particularly the oil known by the name of "Oleum Baunscheidtii."
The instrument consists of a metal or other block or disc from the
face of which projects a number of needles of equal length. This
inetal block or puncturer is enclosed in a suitable casing provided
with a hollow stem or neck, through which passes a spiral spring
attached to the back of the needle block, said spring terminating in
a handle which projects from the end of the stem. The block is
retained within the casing by a raised rim formed on the interior, and
the open end is provided with a cover for the protection of the needles
when not in use.
The operation of the instrument is as follows:-Having removed
the needle cover the open end of the instrument is applied close to
the skin at the part required. The handle above mentioned as
terminating the spiral spring is then drawn out from the stem until
the spiral spring is sufficiently extended, when the handle is suddenly
released. The reaction of the spring will project the metal block and
needles forward, causing the latter to slightly puncture the skin at
the part where it is applied. The epidermis thus prepared will then
be ready for the application of the "Oleum Baunscheidtii" or other
suitable oil or liniment, which is painted over the part by means of a
feather, or soft brush, or otherwise applied as usual.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Baunscheidt in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st May 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
BAUNSCHEIDT, of Endenich, near Bonn, in the Kingdom of Prussia, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second 1 year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Charles Baunscheidt, Her special licence

page_text: that I, the said Charles Baunscheidt, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Baunscheidt, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
INSTRUMENT TO BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATISM AND OTHER
DISEASES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles
Baunscheidt, my exccutors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the samo to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Baunscheidt, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
My Invention relates to an instrument to be used in the treatment
of rheumatic affections and other diseases, such as carache, headache,
deafness, intermittent and nervous fevers, inflammation of the brain,
and paralysis, in conjunction with an oil or oils or liniment, and more
particularly the oil known by the name of "Oleum Baunscheidtii."
The instrument consists of a metal or other block or disc, from the
face of which projects a number of needles of equal length. This metal
block or puncturer is enclosed in a suitable casing provided with a
hollow stem or neck, through which passes a spiral spring attached to
the back of the needle block, said spring terminating in a handle which
projects from the end of the stem. The block is retained within the
casing by a raised rim formed on the interior, and the open end is
provided with a cover for the protection of the needles when not in
usc.
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The operation of the instrument is as follows:-Having removed the

page_text: skin at the part required. The handle above mentioned as terminating
the spiral spring is then drawn out from the stem until the spiral
spring is sufficiently extended, when the handle is suddenly released.
The reaction of the spring will project the metal block and needles
forward, causing the latter to slightly puncture the skin at the part
whore it is applied. The epidermis thus prepared will then be ready
for the application of the "Olcum Baunscheidtii" or other suitable oil
or liniment, which is painted over the part by means of a feather, or
soft brush or otherwise applied as usual.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
My Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, in which
Figure 1 shows an exterior view and Figure 2 a longitudinal section
of my improved instrument. It consists of a metal block or disc a,
from the face of which projects a number of needles & of equal length,
seen also in Figure 3, which is an end view of this instrument. This
block is enclosed in a suitable tube or casing e of wood or other
material through which passes the spiral spring d attached to a stem
at the back of the needle block a. This spring d terminates in a
handle e which projects from the end of the tube or casing as seen.
The block a is retained within the casing c by a rim f formed on
the open end of the instrument, which is further provided with a
cover g for the protection of the needles when not in use.
The instrument is applied in the following manner:-The needle
cover having been removed by unscrewing, or otherwise, the open
end of the instrument thus uncovered is applied close to the skin at
the part required to be punctured. The handle e, before mentioned,
is then drawn out, causing the block a to abut against the inside of
the casing as seen in section, Figure 4, until the spring d is sufficiently
distended, when the handle e is suddenly released. The reaction of
the spring will project block and needles 6 forward as indicated
in red lines, causing the lattor to slightly puncture the skin where so
applied, and thus prepare it for rubbing in or otherwise applying the
oil or liniment as before explained.
Having described the nature of my Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention,
to be protected by the hercin-before in part recited Letters Patent is,

page_text: A new or improved instrument to be used in the treatment of
rheumatism and other discases, constructed and operated substantially
in the manner shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Baunscheidt, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of April, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.