IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY,ed abroad CUTANEOUS AND OTHER AFFECTIONS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Theodore Dann, of 32 Canterbury Road, Brixton,
in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY,
Communicated to him from abroad
CUTANEOUS AND OTHER AFFECTIONS
by Hulderich Wartmann, of Urnäsch, in the Canton of Appenzell, Switzerland,
doctor of medicine.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Theodore Dann at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th March 1883.
JOSEPH THEODORE DANN, of 32 Canterbury Road, Brixton, in the County of
Surrey, Gentleman, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR
THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY, CUTANEOUS AND OTHER AFFECTIONS," a com-
munication to me from abroad by Hulderich Wartmann, of Urnäsch, in the Canton
of Appenzell, Switzerland, doctor of medicine,
This Invention has for its object to facilitate and render more efficient the
medical treatment of various disorders, such as those of the respiratory organs, the
urinary canals, the uterus, and generally vesical and cutaneous derangements,
genital diseases and other cognate affections. I accomplish this object by means
of apparatus constructed and arranged in diverse shapes, according as to whether
they are intended for individual or collective inhalation, for medicated hot air,
vapour or steam shower baths, for irrigation, fumigation or kindred uses.
For purposes of inhalation and irrigation, and for giving the various above-
named baths I construct a closed vessel made of metal plate and heated from below.
Within this vessel I place a pipe or tube filled with such medicaments as are to be
volatilised with a view to individual inbalation. Having filled the vessel partly
with water, I raise the temperature thereof to the boiling point and thereby enable
the medicaments within the aforesaid pipe or tube to be vaporised. I also furnish
the same vessel with suitable pipes and taps through which tempered water may

page_text: be emitted therefrom with a view to irrigation, and medicated vapours may be
diffused for purposes of collective inhalation or as vapeur or steam shower baths
for the general and local treatment of various affections. I likewise fit the afore-
said vessel with the necessary steam and water gauges and I apply thereto such
other fittings as are calculated to enable the operator to work the vessel with
perfect safety to himself and to the patient or patients. In order to accurately
adjust the pressure, tension or strength of the contents of the vessel, in connexion
with the varied nature of the objects for which it may be used at different times,
I furnish it with lugs and thumb screws or other suitable guiding appliances by
means of which it may be fixed above the lamp or other heating apparatus; such
lugs or other guide pieces sliding along one or more vertical rods or guides upon
which I mark divisions in such a manner as to enable the operator to fix the vessel
at the exact spot on which it ought to be placed in accordance with the nature of
the case under treatment.
For the purposes of fumigation I form an oblong vessel divided in three
chambers or divisions, all the three rectangular and having their sides parallel to
one another respectively, such three chambers or divisions being arranged after the
same fashion in which boxes or cases of various sizes are usually placed inside one
another. One of the three chambers or divisions I fill with sulphuric matter, the
second with liquid medical substances and the third with herbal substances.
Beneath the oblong vessel I place some lamps or other foci, by means of which the
chambers or divisions are uniformly heated throughout their length and breadth;
and to the same oblong vessel I likewise fit slide-bars or racks and pinions in such
a manner as to admit of its being raised or lowered according to the requirements
of each individual case, such guides being divided or gauged on the plan herein-
before described. With a view to cause the fumigation apparatus constructed
according to my Invention to produce its full effect, I place it in a box, case, or
cabin of sufficient size to hold a patient; and in the sides of such box or cabin I
provide apertures for introducing the extremities of such patients as may be
suffering from heart disease or kindred affections, and I furnish the box or cabin
with the necessary appliances for ventilation.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Theodore Dann in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th August 1883.
JOSEPH THEODORE DANN, of 32 Canterbury Road, Brixton, in the County of
Surrey, gentleman, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR
THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY, CUTANEOUS AND OTHER AFFECTIONS," a com-
munication to me from abroad by Hulderich Wartmann, of Urnäsch, in the Canton
of Appenzell, Switzerland, doctor of medicine,
This Invention has for its object to facilitate and render more efficient the
medical treatment of various disorders, such as those of the respiratory organs, the
urinary canals, the uterus, and generally vesical or cutaneous derangements,
genital diseases, and other cognate affections. I accomplish this object by means
of apparatus constructed and arranged in diverse shapes, according as to whether
they are intended for individual or collective inhalation, for medicated hot air,
vapour or steam shower baths, for irrigation, fumigation, or kindred uses.
For purposes of inhalation and irrigation, and for giving the various above-
named baths, I construct a closed vessel made of metal plate and heated from
below. Within this vessel I place a pipe or tube filled with such medicaments as
are to be volatilized with a view to individual inhalation. Having filled the vessel
partly with water, I raise the temperature thereof to the boiling point and thereby
enable the medicaments within the aforesaid pipe or tube to be vaporized. I also
furnish the same vessel with suitable pipes and taps through which tempered
water may be emitted therefrom with a view to irrigation, and medicated vapours
may be diffused for purposes of collective inhalation or as vapour or steam shower
baths for the general and local treatment of various affections. I likewise fit the
aforesaid vessel with the necessary steam and water gauges, and I apply thereto
such other fittings as are calculated to enable the operator to work the vessel with
perfect safety to himself and to the patient or patients. In order to accurately
adjust the pressure, tension, or strength of the contents of the vessel, in connexion
with the varied nature of the objects for which it may be used at different times,
I furnish it with lugs and thumbscrews or other suitable guiding appliances, by
means of which it may be fixed above the lamp or other heating apparatus; such
lugs or other guide-pieces sliding along one or more vertical rods or guides upon
which I mark divisions in such a manner as to enable the operator to fix the vessel
at the exact spot on which it ought to be placed in accordance with the nature of
the case under treatment.
One
For the purposes of fumigation I form an oblong vessel divided in three chambers
or divisions, all the three rectangular and having their sides parallel to one another
respectively, such three chambers or divisions being arranged after the same fashion
in which boxes or cases of various sizes are usually placed inside one another.
of the three chambers or divisions I fill with sulphuric matter, the second with
liquid medical substances, and the third with herbal substances. Beneath the
oblong vessel I place some lamps or other foci, by means of which the chambers or
divisions are uniformly heated throughout their length and breadth, and to the
same oblong vessel 1 likewise fit slide-bars or racks and pinions in such a manner
as to admit of its being raised or lowered according to the requirements of each
individual case, such guides being divided or gauged on the plan herein before
described. With a view to cause the fumigation apparatus constructed according
to my Invention to produce its full effect, I place it in a box, case, or cabin of
sufficient size to hold a patient; and in the sides of such box or cabin I provide
apertures for introducing the extremities of such patients as may be subject to
heart disease or kindred affections, and I furnish the box or cabin with the
necessary appliances for ventilation.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings I have illustrated several methods of
carrying into practice the ideas that underlie and are embodied in my Invention
as herein set forth. In Sheet 1 I have shewn in Figure 1 a lateral elevation, in
Figure 2 a front elevation, in Figure 3 a longitudinal section, taken through the
line -y Figure 1, and in Figure 4 a sectional plan, taken through the line w―3
Figure 1, of an apparatus for producing medicated vapours, constructed according
to my Invention. The vessel A is fitted at the top with an opening for filling it,
surmounted by the closing gear B and the safety valve C; it is likewise furnished
with the steam gauge D and the water gauge E, as well as the watercock F for
drawing off superfluous water when the vessel A is only used for heating medica-
ments in the tube G, or else for drawing off such other contents of the vessel A as
may be required for irrigations, for clysters, or for various other pathological
purposes. Within the vessel or boiler A is placed the pipe or tube G, plugged up
or otherwise closed at its interior extremity n and containing the medicaments that
are to be volatilized within the vessel or boiler A and conveyed to the patient
through the mouthpiece H, the external extremity of the said pipe or tube G being
filled with a spongy substance g, so as to secure uniformity in the strength of the
fumigation that escapes from such tube through the mouthpiece H. The vessel A is
surmounted by two other outlets with taps I, J, for turning out steam or vapour
for collective inhalation by several patients and for steam shower baths, according
to the various disorders that are to be treated by such steam or vapour. The
vessel A is placed upon a casing K which serves as a furnace. This casing is put
upon a frame L, or else it may be put on casters or wheels and travel on rails,
according to the uses to which the apparatus is to be turned. One of the various
methods according to which the vessel A may be furnished with the necessary heat,
is illustrated in Figures 1 to 4. A recipient of spirits or of any other kind of
liquid fuel N is placed on a tray M which slides into and out of the casing K, and
to the recipient N which is closed at the top are fitted a number of lamps o o, the
lower part of the recipient N being filled with stone or other non-conducting
material Q. The tray M may be raised or lowered according to the requirements
of the case, and the recipient N may be pushed in or pulled out through the door
or slide P. The sides of the casing K are in this instance perforated with holes V
for the purpose of supplying the necessary air for the lamps O. The uprights T T,
fixed within the sockets U U in the frame L, have for their object to enable the
vessel A to be raised or lowered according to the requirements of the case, such
vessel being for that purpose furnished with the lugs R R and the thumbscrews
S S, so that it may be fixed in any desired position. Divisions may, or may not,
be marked on the uprights R. R.
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section, Figure a cross section, and Figure 7 a plan
of a set of fumigating chambers constructed according to my Invention. The three
chambers a, a, a, are intended for the various descriptions of medical substances
stated in the foregoing. They rest upon a bearing b, which may be raised or lowered
along the uprights c c in a manner identical with, or similar to, that in which the
vessel A passes up and down the uprights R R in Figures 1 to 3. "They may, or
may not be surmounted by a perforated metal plate e, according to the requirements
of the case. They are heated from below by the lamps dd, When placed in a
box or cabin for individual use they are enclosed in a casing W, furnished with a
lid (shewn only in Figure 6), which may be held up by means of the resters y y.
In Figure 8 I have shewn a longitudinal section of a similar self-contained
apparatus. The vessel Z is divided into two compartments f, g, which are heated
from below by the lamps d d¹, and contain each the kind of medicated substance
required; the tops n n' being filled with a spongy or porous substance, for the
purpose of maintaining the equilibrium in the intensity of the effect produced.
The liquid substance enters through the openings k k¹ and finds its way out in a

page_text: volatilized state through the apertures m m', which may be closed with taps and
from whence the substance is carried through pipes to the spot where it is to be
used, or is directly utilized by the patient.
Figure 9 Sheet 2 is a front elevation, Figure 10 a lateral elevation, Figure 11 a
longitudinal section and Figure 12 a plan of a cabin or box intended to hold one
patient to be operated upon by the fumigating apparatus shewn in Figures 5, 6, 7,
of Sheet 1. The casing W, with its lid x, which itself may be perforated, sustained
by the resters y y, is placed within the box or cabin. H is the door through which
the ingress and egress of the patient takes place, and M the perforated seat which
may be raised and lowered upon resters F F arranged on the usual "bookcase"
plan. G is the top opening for the patient's head to pass through, G the lid for
closing the opening when the cabin is not in use, and H the slide for adjusting
the patient's head; K is the thermometer for reading the temperature both from
within and from without. The openings L L' are furnished with tubes for the
steam or vapour that comes from the apparatus shewn in Figures 1 to 4 to find its
way into the cabin. The openings S S for ventilation may be closed by the
valves tt. The apertures Q Q for the extremities of the patient are closed with
the caps R R; and T T are the handles for carrying the box or cabin from place
to place. The pipes D D have for their object to allow of atmospheric air being
introduced into the cabin whenever the patient requires it.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and illustrated the same
in the accompanying sheets of drawings, I wish it to be understood that I do not
claim the use of heat generally for the production of medicated vapours, nor do I
claim the construction of boxes or cabins for fumigating purposes, such boxes or
cabins having been in use heretofore; but What I Claim is:-
Firstly. The construction and use or employment of an apparatus for producing
medicated vapours within a pipe or tube placed within a vessel or boiler, in the
manner and for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4
of the annexed sheets of drawings.
Secondly. The mode or method of varying the intensity of medicated vapours
produced in a vessel or boiler, by varying the distance of such vessel or boiler from
the heating furnace, in the manner and for the purpose herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 of the accompanying sheets of drawings.
Thirdly. The construction and use or employment of fumigating apparatus
consisting of three chambers, each filled with a different medical substance, in the
manner and for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated in Figures 5, 6, 7 of
the accompanying sheets of drawings.
Fourthly. The construction and use or employment of an apparatus for the direct
application of medicated vapours, in the manner herein set forth and illustrated in
Figure 8 of the accompanying sheets of drawings.
Fifthly. The construction of a box or cabin for the individual treatment of
various disorders, with pipes or tubes and openings thereto, in the manner herein.
before described and illustrated in Figures 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the accompanying
sheets of drawings.
In Witness Whereof I the said Joseph Theodore Dann have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of Our Lord one-
thousand eight-hundred and eighty-three.
Witness:
GEORGE HENRY JOHN MARSHALL
42 Clapham Road. SW.
(Ls.) JOSEPH THEODORE DANN,