IMPROVEMENTS IN CATAPLASMS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, of the Firm of J. Brandt
and G. W. von Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in
the Empire of Germany, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CATAPLASMS."
A communication from Samuel Goldschmidt, Mechanist to the Imperial Court,
of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von
Nawrocki at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd June 1879.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of 124, Leipziger Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CATAPLASMS." A communication from Samuel
Goldschmidt, Mechanist to the Imperial Court, of Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany.
"
This Invention has for its object the uninterrupted cooling or heating of the body
or of any part of it, and is intended as a substitute for ordinary cataplasms, hot or
cold baths, fomentations, and so forth. The Invention consists in constructing and
applying water bags or hollow cushions of waterpoot material for wrapping in the
whole or part of the body, the said bags being perforated with tubes for the admis-
sion of air or medicaments to the body, and the remaining space filled with hot or
cold liquid supplied from a convenient vessel by means of a pipe provided with a
stop cock, and lot off by means of a second pipe and stopcock, the water or other
liquid in the supplying vessel or reservoir being kept cool or heated by any conve-
nient means. The bags or cushions can be made any desired shape or size, and
like water or air proof cushions, are now made, but having the improvements
introduced.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st December 1879.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CATAPLASMS." A communication from Samuel
Goldschmidt, Mechanist to the Imperial Court, of Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany.
This Invention has for its object the uninterrupted cooling or heating of the body
or of any part of it, and is intended as a substitute for ordinary cataplasms, hot or
cold baths, fomentations, and so forth. The Invention consists in constructing and
applying water bags or hollow cushions of waterproof material for wrapping in or
covering the whole or part of the body, the said bags being perforated with tubes
for the admission of air or medicaments to the body, and the remaining space filled
with hot or cold liquid supplied from a convenient vessel by means of a pipe pro-
vided with a stop cock, and let off by means of a second pipe and stop cock, the
water or other liquid in the supplying vessel or reservoir being kept cool or heated
by any convenient means. The bags or cushions can be made any desired shape or
size, and like water or air proof cushions, are now made, but having the improve-
ments introduced.
In the accompanying Drawings shows Fig. 1 shows the application of the cataplasm
to various parts; and Figure 2, the cataplasin as applied to the whole body; while
Figs. 39 represent details of the apparatus on a larger scale. c is a cataplasm for
the bead, shown in detail by Fig. 5, with an extension for the three first vertebrae ;
a, shown in detail by Fig. 6, is a cushion for the partial treatment of a leg, Fig. 6,
showing also transverse ventilating channels, which in the other Figures can only
be seen from the end. These channels or perforations effect at the same time a
certain regularity in the circulation of the water, so as to communicate its tem-
perature uniformly to the whole cataplasm, and permit the application of medica-
ments, such as carbolic acid, without removing the cataplasm. Fig. 1b shows a
cataplasm for the body, represented on a larger scale by Fig. 7. For the treatinent
of a knee, as shown by Fig. 1 a, the temperature of the liquid is maintained at the
desired height by a spirit lamp. The cataplasm, Fig. 2, shown half opened, consists
of a lower part and a cover containing semicircular metal strips, bent so as to
prevent the immediate contact of the cover with the body; Fig. 3 shows a cataplasm
for the lower arm and hand; Fig. 4, one for the leg and foot; while Figs. 8 and 9
show cataplasins for inner parts of the body, Fig. 8 being for the vagina, applicable
cither hot or cold, and Fig. 9 for the rectum. These appliances are also shown
in section. A similar but smaller cataplasm may be used for the nose or mouth.
CLAIM, The improved cataplasm for continuously cooling or warming either the
whole body or various parts of it with ventilating connections for the admission of
atmospheric air, substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of November, A.D.
10170
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI. (L.S.)