An Improved Injecting Syringe and Special Medicine for the Cure of Constipation and Worms.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 18.9
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1889.
An Improved Injecting Syringe and Special Medicine for the Cure
of Constipation and Worms.
I, BERNARD KOPPEL of 127 Leman Street London E. Doctor of Medicine, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the use of an extremely efficacious description of
purgative and verinifuge, of a very harmless character, and to the mode of
applying it.
It is well known that the ordinary glycerine of commerce possesses laxative
properties of a mild character, and it is often injected in conjunction with other
remedies in comparatively speaking large doses for the purpose of stimulating the
action of the bowels.
I have discovered that when glycerine is used in a pure state, free from the
foreign substances and impurities which exist in the ordinary commercial article,
a very small quantity of this substance, if injected to a sufficient distance into the
bowels is sufficient to cause rapid action of the bowels and this with extremely greater
certainty and with entire safety.
I have therefore designed a small syringe, having a glass barrel, but the
piston and mounts of which are by preference formed of Vulcanite or other suitable
substance.
This syringe is about three inches long and is furnished with a long taper nozzle about
three inches in length for insertion into the anus.
This nozzle is bent to an angle of about 90° with the barrel, and screws on or off
the syringe. About two inches from the end of the nozzle is a conical swell to prevent
the tube passing too far in.
There is also supplied a small graded measure marked to shew the required quantity
of glycerine for an injection for various ages and cases. Or if preferred in place of
the small measure, the glass Barrel of the syringe can be marked with gradations
shewing the dose for infants children and adults.

page_text: The mode of application is first to fill the syringe, by placing the end of the nozzle
into the glycerine and drawing back the piston in the usual way and then placing the
nozzle of the syringe into the anus and pressing the piston forward, the dose is
injected without difficulty.
"From the smallness of the dose and the convenient size and shape of my improved
syringe most patients can apply the injector to themselves with great ease.
I have found the action of this remedy unfailing in removing constipation
in about three minutes after application, even in the most obstinate cases, and it is
also perfectly harmless as well as extremely easy of application.
It is also especially good for the removal of worms if used daily until they dis-
appear. Children from 5 or 6 months old can have the injector applied with great
benefit, half or a fourth of the usual dose for an adult being employed according to the
age of the child.
The entire apparatus with a supply of glycerine, can be carried in a small case,
about four inches long, and two and a half broad.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
An Improved Injecting Syringe and Special Medicine for the Cure
of Constipation and Worms.
I, BERNARD KOPPEL of 127 Leman Street London E. Doctor of Medicine, 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 the use of an extremely efficacious description of
purgative and vermifuge of a very harmless character, and to the mode of
applying it.
It is well known that the ordinary glycerine of commerce possesses laxative
properties of a mild character, and it is often injected in conjunction with other
remedies in comparatively speaking large doses, for the purposes of stimulating the
action of the bowels.
I have discovered that when glycerine is used in a pure state free from the foreign
substances and impurities which exist in the ordinary commercial article, a very small
quantity of this substance if injected to a sufficient distance into the bowel, is sufficient
to cause rapid action of the bowels and this with extremely greater certainty and with
entire safety.
I have therefore designed a small syringe having a glass barrel, but the
piston and mounts of which are by preference formed of Vulcanite or other suitable
substance.
This syringe is about three inches long and is furnished with a long taper nozzle
about three inches in length for insertion into the anus.
This nozzle is bent to an angle of about 90° with the barrel, and screws on or off
the syringe. About two inches from the end of the nozzle is a conical swell to prevent
the tube passing too far in.
The glass tube which forms the barrel of the syringe can be graded by means
of exterior marks so as to show the proper doses of glycerine for children and
adults, or a small graded measure can be supplied for the same purpose.
I will now describe the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows the syringe
and Fig. 2 the nozzle detached. A is the handle of the piston. B is the glass barrel.
C is the metal or vulcanite body. D the point of junction between the syringe and
the nozzle. E is the nozzle F the swelling or enlargement to prevent undue
insertion. The figures 1. 2. 3. 4 denote the space occupied by the doses,
1 being sufficient for infants over 5 months old, 2 being quantity required for
children of two years of age and older, 3 for removing worms and 4 being the dose
for adults.
The mode of application is extremely simple and consists in first filling the syringe
to the required distance by placing the end of the nozzle into the glycerine and
drawing hack the piston in the usual way, and then ejecting the contents by placing
the nozzle of the syringe into the anus and pressing the piston forward whereby the

page_text: dose is injected without difficulty. From the smallness of the dose and the convenient
size and shape of my improved syringe most patients can apply the injector to themselves
with great ease and can carry it about with them. I have found the action of
this remedy unfailing in removing constipation in about three minutes after
application even in the most obstinate cases, and it is also perfectly harmless
as well as extremely easy of application. It is also especially good for removal
of worms if used daily until they disappear. Children from 5 or 6 months old
can have the injection applied with great benefit, about one half or a fourth of the
usual dose for an adult being employed according to the age of the child.
The entire apparatus with a supply of glycerine can be carried in a small case about
four inches long and two and a half broad.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
1. The employment of pure-fluid glycerine in small quantities as an injection for the
cure of constipation and worms as herein described and set forth.
2. In the application of glycerine as an injection the employment of a small
syringe with glass barrel marked with lines indicating the different sizes of dose
required, and furnished with a bent nozzle which unscrews for convenience of packing
as herein described and set forth..
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C.,
Patent Agent.