IMPROVED GALVANIC APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR CURATIVE PURPOSES.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Moore Adams, of Chelsea, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVED GALVANIC APPARATUS TO
BE USED FOR CURATIVE PURPOSES.'
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Moore Adams
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th March 1872.
I, EDWARD MOORE ADAMS, of Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
GALVANIC APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR CURATIVE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the construction and arrangement of an
improved galvanic apparatus whereby electricity is generated and is
capable of being applied to any part of the human body as a curative
agent in a more efficient and perfect manner than by the arrangements
hitherto employed.
That portion of the apparatus which is employed for the generation of
the electric current consists of a series of metallic plates of any desired
shape and size, and, by preference, for the sake of economy, of copper

page_text: and zinc, the same being so placed or connected together that they will
partially overlap each other, and form a continuous series of positive
and negative elements alternately arranged.
Instead of copper and zinc other metals may of course be employed,
the same being arranged in a similar positive and negative series as is
well known and understood. The copper or positive plates are formed
with ribs or corrugations thereon, in order to allow of the retention of a
sufficient quantity of acidulated fluid between the plates for the
generation of the electric current. The plates are mounted upon a
surface of gutta percha or other suitable insulating material, a similar
surface being arranged so as to fold over and cover the other sides of the
series. The gutta percha or other insulating material is covered with
flannel, cloth, silk, or velvet, or other suitable material, holes or
apertures being formed therein at the respective ends so that the
terminal plates of the series, the positive terminal plate at one end
and the negative terminal plate at the other end, shall be exposed and
capable of being applied to the skin of the person using the apparatus.
The terminal plates are constructed in the form of smooth convex
discs, and placed with the concave sides thereof above the surface of the
insulating material upon which the series of plates is laid, whilst the
convex faces of such terminal plates present smooth and non-irritating
surfaces to the skin.
When
In order to prevent any discoloration of the skin the terminal plates
are coated with silver and gold by the electro-plating process.
it is desired to place the apparatus in a condition for use, the plates
should be severally lifted and a small quantity of diluted vinegar or
other slightly acidulated fluid (as will be well understood) applied to
the surfaces thereof. An electric current is thereby produced, and upon
the plates being enclosed between the insulating surfaces the apparatus
can be applied to the desired part of the body of the patient, the
respective terminal plates, being the positive and negative poles of the
series, being alone permitted to touch the skin.
.
By means of the arrangements herein-before described the electric
current is prevented by the insulating material in which. the plates are
enclosed from being dissipated, and the patient receives the full benefit
thereof.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Moore Adams in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd September 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,' I, EDWARD
MOORE ADAMS, of Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Edward Moore Adams, Her special licence
that I, the said Edward Moore Adams, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward Moore Adams, 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 "IMPROVED
GALVANIC APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR CURATIVE PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Edward Moore Adams, my executor's
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same 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 Edward Moore Adams, 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, that is to say:-
My said Invention consists in the construction and arrangement of
an improved galvanic apparatus whereby electricity is generated and is
capable of being applied to any part of the human body as a curative
agent, in a more efficient and perfect manner than by the arrangements
hitherto employed.
That portion of my apparatus which is employed for the generation
of the electric current consists of a series of metallic plates of any

page_text: desired shape and size, and, by preference, for the sake of economy, of
copper and zinc, the same being so placed or connected together that
they will partially overlap each other, and form a continuous series of
positive and negative elements alternately arranged. Instead of copper
and zinc, other metals may of course be employed, the same being
arranged in a similar positive and negative series as is well known. and
understood. The copper or positive plates are formed with ribs or
corrugations thereon, in order to allow of the retention of a sufficient
quantity of acidulated fluid between the plates for the generation of the
electric current. The plates are mounted upon a surface of gutta percha
or other suitable insulating material, a similar surface being arranged so
as to fold over and cover the other sides of the series. The gutta percha
or other insulating material is covered with flannel, cloth, silk, or velvet,
or other suitable material, holes or apertures being formed therein at
the respective ends, so that the terminal plates of the series, the positive
terminal plate at one end and the negative terminal plate at the other.
end, shall be exposed and capable of being applied to the skin of the
person using the apparatus.
The terminal plates are constructed in the form of smooth convex
discs, and placed with the concave sides thereof above the surface of the
insulating material upon which the series of plates is laid, whilst the
convex faces of such terminal plates present smooth and non-irritating
surfaces to the skin. In order to prevent any discolouration of the skin
the terminal plates are coated with silver and gold by the electro-plating
process. When it is desired to place the apparatus in a condition for
use the plates should be severally lifted and a small quantity of diluted
vinegar or other slightly acidulated fluid (as will be well understood),
applied to the surfaces thereof, an electric current is thereby produced,
and upon the plates being enclosed between the insulating surfaces the
apparatus can be applied to the desired part of the body of the patient,
the respective terminal plates, being the positive and negative poles of
the series, being alone permitted to touch the skin.
By means of the arrangements herein-before described, the electric
current is prevented by the insulating material in which the plates are
inclosed from being dissipated, and the patient receives the full benefit
thereof.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe in con-

page_text: clusion that what I consider novel and original, and therefore claim as
constituting the Invention secured to me by the said herein-before in
part recited Letters Patent is, the construction of galvanic apparatus to
be used for curative purposes substantially in the manner herein-before
set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Moore Adams, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-
two.
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EDWARD MOORE ADAMS. (L.S.)