An Improved Appliance for and Method of Treating Rheumatism and other Complaints.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1898--Accepted, 14th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for and Method of Treating Rheumatism
and other Complaints.
I, SALLE SAFRAN, Ph. D., of 10, Spellman Street, John Court, London, Rabbi, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved appliance for and method of treating
rheumatism and other complaints by opening the pores of the skin and relieving
the body of impurities.
According to my invention I provide a bed or couch upon which the patient
is to recline. Above and below the patient I provide a hollow covering, the said
coverings being in connection with a suitable pump, by means of tubes.
In conjunction with the coverings I provide an electric conductor through which
a current can be caused to flow for the purpose of warming the body of the patient
lying in the bed.
The pump may also actuate a stomach pump.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Appliance for and Method of Treating Kneumatism
and other Complaints.
I, SALLE SAFRAN, Ph. D., of 10, Spellman Street, John Court, London, Rabbi, 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 relates to an improved appliance for and method of treating
rheumatism and other complaints by opening the pores of the skin and relieving
the body of impurities.
According to my invention I provide a bed or couch upon which the patient
is to recline. Above and below the patient I provide a hollow covering, the said
coverings being in connection with a suitable pump, by means of tubes.
In conjunction with the coverings I provide an electric conductor through which
a current can be caused to flow for the purpose of warming the body of the patient
lying in the bed.
The patient being placed on the bed between the two hollow coverings fresh
air is continually circulated through the latter by means of the air pumps and the

page_text: person being at the same time warmed by the electric current, the pores of his
skin are made to open and he perspires freely so as to discharge impurities from
the body.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 shews a sectional elevation of a bed con-
structed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 shews a diagrammatic part plan
of the same, shewing the air pump. On the bedstead a which may be of ordinary
construction, preferably of metal, are placed two hollow coverlets band d,
preferably of quilted leather between which the patient is placed.
Each of these coverlets is provided at the side with a suitable number of nozzles
to which are attached flexible tubes ff which are all connected to a main tube h,
attached to the circulating air pump g, by the action of which the air is first with-
drawn from the coverlet and is then replaced by fresh outer air. Instead of
effecting the circulation by means of a single pump, there may be one for exhaust-
ing and one for charging, or the pump may simply continually force fresh air
in, thereby forcing the air from the coverlets through valvular openings.
Each coverlet is provided internally with a suitable conducting device k, such
as woven wire, which is connected to a source of electricity, the said conducting
device being such as to offer sufficient resistance to the current to become heated
thereby, and such heat is transmitted through the coverlets to the patient the
heating being regulated according to the nature of the ailment and to the con-
stitution of the patient.
The combined effects of the continual circulation of air through the coverlets
and round the body of the patient and the heat imparted to such air produce the
before mentioned considerable perspiration of the body, and have a most beneficial
effect, more particularly in cases of rheumatism skin diseases, and all other ailments
in which a powerful perspiration has a curative effect.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A method of treating rheumatism and other ailments consisting in placing
the patient between two hollow coverlets, in the hollow spaces of which the air
is continually and quickly renewed while at the same time the said air is heated
by means of an electrical current passed through a conductor contained within
the coverlets whereby the patient is subjected to strong perspiration, substantially
as described.
2. An appliance for carrying out the method of operating referred to in the
first claim, consisting of two hollow coverlets such as b and d, the hollow spaces
of which are connected by pipes to one or more air pumps by means of which the
air contained in the said spaces is rapidly renewed, and an electrical conductor
placed within the coverlets and adapted to become heated by the passage of an
electrical current, substantially as described.
Dated this 90th day of W
1000