AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING VAGINAL AND OTHER INJECTIONS, PROAL SP
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Morris Mattson, of the City and State of New
York, United States of America, now of No. 8, Southampton
Buildings, London, Doctor of Medicine, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING VAGINAL AND OTHER INJECTIONS,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Morris Mattson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 27th July 1872.
I, MORRIS MATTSON, of the City and State of New York, United
States of America, now of. No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London,
Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING VAGINAL AND OTHER
INJECTIONS, AND BOX FOR CONTAINING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
The injections which my apparatus is chiefly used for are,―
First. Vaginal injections. These may consist of water or other fluid,
and are intended to cleanse the vagina.
Second. Nasal injections for cleansing the nasal cavities.
Third. Injections for the bowels. These are known as enemas, clysters,
or lavements.

page_text: Fourth. Sprays for cleansing wounds and other injuries.
The injecting portion of the said apparatus consists of what may be
termed an elastic bulb syringe. The bulb or bottle resembles an egg in
shape, and is vulcanized without an aperture. After vulcanization an
aperture is drilled at one end, and into this aperture a screw with a
round head made of metal or hard rubber is inserted. To this screw is
connected the inlet valve and inlet supply tube, both made of rigid
materials. Just above the inlet valve is a coupler for the elastic outlet
tube, at whose end is attached the outlet valve socket, to which is
secured the vaginal irrigator, nasal irrigator, or either of the injecting
tubes for administering the common enema or clyster, or a spray cap for
the delivery of sprays.
The screw inserted into the bottle is designed to prevent leakage of
the same.
The rigid inlet tube may be readily detached after using the
syringe without disturbing the valve, and the said syringe may be
thereby packed in a much smaller and more portable box than would
otherwise be practicable. The outlet valve being placed at the end of
the outlet flexible tube instead of at the opposite extremity near the
bulb or bottle, prevents the flowing back of the fecalized fluids of the
rectum into the syringe during the process of injection, and thereby
keeps the instrument from becoming offensive.
The vaginal irrigator is an open cage-like structure with longitudinal
bars made preferably of hard rubber instead of metal. It is about two
and a half inches long, and about five-eighths or three-quarters of an
´inch in diameter, and has an inlet stem or tube, through which the
water or other fluid is injected. The inlet tube when in use is coupled
with the terminal valve socket already described. The aforesaid irrigator
is intended to distend the vagina, while at the same time the injected
fluid is permitted to flow freely through the openwork structure to the
interior of the vaginal canal. The fluid injected into the vagina is per-
mitted to flow out into a separate vessel, and is not used a second time.
The nasal irrigator consists of a hollow conical plug made of metal or
hard india-rubber; it has a stem or neck to connect it with the terminal
valve socket, as already described. By inserting it in either nostril,
which it closes tightly, and pumping fluid through it with the syringe
the fluid will be caused to flow out through the opposite nostril, and
produce a thorough cleansing of the nasal cavities. Its dimensions are

page_text: such as to plug any nostril tightly, so that I may use one nozzle for any
number of cases instead of using a number of nozzles of various sizes, as
heretofore.
The injecting tubes for administering enemas or clysters are similar to
those in common use; they may be made of metal, hard india-rubber,
ivory, or other suitable material.
The spray cap for the delivery of sprays may also be made of metal,
hard rubber, or ivory.
The aforesaid box is provided with a tray designed to keep the
injecting tubes in place, and prevent their shaking and rattling in the box.
This tray may be made of wood or by moulding any suitable material
by hydraulic pressure. It is placed in the top of the box resting upon
wooden supports, and has a central opening through which the bulb or
bottle of the syringe projects when properly adjusted or packed within
the box. The injecting tubes and other parts are placed in grooves or
receptacles upon the top of the tray, and are safely secured when the lid
of the box is closed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Morris Mattson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd January 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MORRIS
MATTSON, of the City and State of New York, United States of America,
now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, Doctor of Medicine,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Morris Mattson, Her special licence
that I the said Morris Mattson, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Morris Mattson, 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

page_text: according to the size of the nostril; sixth, a naso-pharyngical tube used
in connection with an elastic bulb syringe for directing a stream of
water through both nostrils at the same instant; seventh, a box with a
peculiarly constructed tray, in which the apparatus is kept compactly in
[place without shaking or rattling.
place without shaking or rattling.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
1
Figure 1 shows the aforesaid bulb and flexible tube; Figure 2 shows
one of the rigid inlet or supply tubes; Figure 3 shows my improved
vaginal irrigator; Figure 4 shows my improved nasal irrigator or plug;
Figures 5 and 6 are two views of the aforesaid naso-pharyngical
irrigator; Figure 7 is a perspective view of the box in which my appa-
ratus is packed. Like letters indicate the same parts throughout the
Drawing.
The bulb or bottle a is egg shaped, as shown, and is vulcanized
without an aperture, and consequently without
a neck. A small
aperture is drilled at either end, and into this aperture a screw coupling b
with a round head, and made of metal or other suitable hard material,
is inserted. To this screw coupling is connected the upper section c of
the inlet or supply tube. Syringe bottles vulcanized with necks, how-
ever they may be fastened, are liable sooner or later to leak, but no
leakage will occur with the device herein described.
The ordinary rigid inlet tubes of syringes are not constructed in
sections, so as to be shortened at will for the purpose of being packed in
a smaller box than would be otherwise possible. But my inlet tube'
consists of three sections. The upper section c is connected with the
bulb, as above described, and has a branch coupling f for the elastic
outlet or discharge tube g. The next section d of the said inlet tube
contains the inlet valve. The third or lower section e is of sufficient
length to draw water from any ordinary household vessel. The said
sections are formed with screws at their ends for connecting them. But
in the lower section e a slip joint is sometimes used instead of a screw.
This section is intended to be detached for the purpose of economical
packing, as already described, and its separation is effected without dis-
turbing the aforesaid valve. The sections c, d, e, may be constructed
so that the two lower ones with the valve in place may be removed from
the syringe for packing, or all three of the sections, if desirable, may
be detached from the bottle for the same purpose.
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page_text: If the outlet valve is placed near the bulb or bottle, as is usually
the case, the fecalized fluid of the bowels is liable to be forced back into
the elastic discharge tube, and the syringe is thereby rendered highly
offensive. This difficulty is overcome in my apparatus by placing the
outlet valve at the end of the discharge tube g in the metal socket h.
When thus arranged the said valve completely prevents the downward
flow of the fecalized fluids.
... The vaginal irrigator, Figure 3, is an important part of my apparatus,
for nothing in connection with syringes has been more desirable than an
improved method of cleansing the vagina. This object is of paramount
importance in all cases of leucorrhoea, whether in reference merely to
cleanliness or to permanent curative results. The ordinary slender
vaginal tube, four or six inches in length with perforations at the end,
does not answer the purpose satisfactorily, because the loose folds of the
vaginal membrane close about it, and interfere with the detergent or
cleansing effects of the injected fluid. Vaginal tubes have been made
an inch or more in diameter with round perforated ends, and sometimes
perforations are made along the sides. But though the vagina is dis-
tended by this contrivance the lining membrane of the same closes
tightly around the tube, and prevents the flowing of the injected fluid
freely between the tube and the membrane, thereby interfering mate-
rially with the cleansing operations. The same objections apply to the
use of the slender tube with a large perforated ball at the terminal
extremity, which has also been used. There are also large vaginal tubes
with shields at the base designed to close the external orifice of the
vagina, and prevent the escape of the injected, fluid. Such tubes are
of necessity shorter than the vagina, and therefore the space between the
end of the tube and the top of the vagina cannot be efficiently cleansed,
because the vaginal membrane falls into loose folds in the centre of the
vaginal canal. Morcover such a tube cannot be moved up and down
within the vagina during the process of injection.
The above objections are all obviated by my improved irrigator herein
described.
The said vaginal irrigator is an open cylindrical cage-like structure i
with longitudinal bars j; it is preferably made of hard india-rubber
instead of metal. It is about two and a half inches long, and about 3
five-eighths or three-quarters of an inch in diameter, and has an inlet
stem or tube k, through which the water or other fluid. passes into the

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parti. This inlet tube k when the irrigator is used is coupled with the
terminal valve socket h. The aforesaid irrigator is intended to distend
the vagina, while at the same time the injected fluid is permitted to flow.
freely through the openwork structure i to the interior of the vaginal
canal. The fluid injected into the vagina is permitted to flow out into a
separate vessel, and is not used a second time. The said irrigator
distends the vagina, and allows the injected fluid to pass freely between
the large openings in the part i, and comes in contact with the interior
of the vaginal canal. The said irrigator also having no shield may be
moved up and down within the vagina while the injection is proceeding,
and in this way the entire surface of the vagina is exposed to the
cleansing effect of the fluid. Moreover the irrigator may be rotated
during the process of injection, and its rotation will serve to detach the
solid secretions from the vaginal membrane, an effect which.could not
be produced if the irrigator had a shield at its base. If it is desirable to
retain the fluid temporarily within the vagina this can be accomplished
conveniently by pressing the external soft parts around the stem or inlet
tube of the irrigator.
Nasal irrigators originated with E. H. Weber, of Leipzig, Germany,
who discovered that a stream of water may be made to pass into onc
nostril, and out of the other. Professor. Thudichum, of London, availed
himself of this discovery in connection with hydrostatic pressure to
irrigate or wash the nasal cavities, thus introducing a new and desirable
method of treating diseases of the nose. A "nozzle" was employed in
connection with the hydrostatic apparatus to convey fluid into the nasal
cavities. Great care being necessary to secure the accurate fitting of
the nozzle in the nostrils it was necessary to furnish several sizes of
nozzles, so that a nozzle could be selected from the number that would
accurately close the nostril requiring to be injected. My improvements
in relation to this part of my apparatus are, first, instead of nozzles of
various sizes I use a single nozzle or plug, having the peculiar formation
and dimensions shown in Figure 4. This plug will effectually close any
nostril, large or small. Secondly, I connect the nozzle or plug with the
tube g of the apparatus, shewn in Figure 1, instead of using the hydraulic
apparatus previously employed. By these improvements I obtain
obvious advantages, among which are the following, viz., much or little
fluid can be injected at will, and the force of the stream can be accu-
rately regulated by the pressure of the hand upon the elastic bulb a.

page_text: The naso-phargngical irrigator, Figures 5 and 6, is a hollow tube,
six inches long, made of metal or hard rubber. The terminal extremity,
shewn at 1, is turned up, as shewn in Figure 5, about 3ths of an inch;
m is a screw coupling. The orifice n, through which the fluid escapes,
is at a right angle to the tube; it is a fine slit about ths of an inch
in length. This tube, connected, with the apparatus, Figure 1, or any
suitable syringe, when introduced carefully behind the uvula and soft
palate, is very useful. In some cases it may be used for projecting a
stream of fluid simultaneously through the nostrils:
The improved box, Figure 7, is provided with a tray o, and, as above
specified, is designed to keep the injecting tubes and other parts in place,
and prevent their shaking and rattling in the box. This tray may be
made of wood or other suitable material. It is placed in the top of the
box, resting upon wooden supports; it has a central opening p, through
which the bulb or bottle a projects when properly adjusted or packed
within the box. The injecting tubes, and other parts, are placed in
grooves or receptacles upon the top of the tray-o, and are safely secured
when the lid of the box is closed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Morris Mattson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Third day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
GEORGE HASELTINE,
Civil Engineer,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
MORRIS MATTSON. (L.S.)