Improvements in Mixtures or Curatives Applicable for the Destruc- tion of the Baccilli or Microbes of Consumption and other Diseases or Virulent Ailments, and in Apparatus for Producing and Applying said Curatives.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in Mixtures or Curatives Applicable for the Destruc-
tion of the Baccilli or Microbes of Consumption and other
Diseases or Virulent Ailments, and in Apparatus for Producing
and Applying said Curatives.
We, WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES, of 42, Irvine Street, Liverpool, Pianoforte manu-
facturer, and GEORGE BRIGHOUSE, Rose Cottage, Dryden Road, Liverpool, Gentleman,
both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
As a result of many years experimenting we have discovered that the combined use
of phenol (or to a certain extent other members of the same chemical series) and
ozone destroys the baccillus of consumption or phthisis and also other baccilli such as
those of snake-bite and some zymotic diseases and blood poisoning.
To apply this curative, however, to the best advantage the ozone and phenol ought
to be mixed in definite proportions and this is an exceedingly difficult thing to do in a
sick room, as the one is a liquid or vapour, and the other a pure gas.
Our invention therefore is 1st.-For the actual compound or mixture. 2nd.-For
a method of making and combining the same and 3rd. The apparatus therefor.
In carrying out our invention we condense the oxygen to the greatest practical
extent in tubes. The phenol or other member of the series is preferably placed in a
Either through
vessel having an exit orifice surrounding the exit orifice of the gas.
the oxygen tube itself or through a second chamber added to the tube between it and
the orifice we fix two electrodes and cause an electric spark or current of high tensional
electricity to pass between the two electrodes through the oxygen. By this means the
oxygen is in part converted into ozone as it slowly passes the line of march of the
electricity.
When the mixture or compound has to be sprayed into the room, the two cocks one
from the phenol receptacle, the other from the ozone reservoir are turned

page_text: simultaneously. This is best done by an adjustable lever uniting the two cocks,
adjustable so that the respective amounts can be exactly regulated. The oxygen or
ozone at once sprays the phenol in an intensely fine spray into the atmosphere along
with its mixing it completely and converting it into vapour, this is inhaled by the
patient.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Mixtures or Curatives Applicable for the Destruc-
tion of the Baccilli or Microbes of Consumption and other
Diseases or Virulent Ailments, and in Apparatus for Producing
and Applying said Curatives.
We, WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES, of 42, Irvine Street, Liverpool, Pianoforte manu-
facturer, and GEORGE BRIGHOUSE, Rose Cottage, Dryden Road, Liverpool, Gentleman,
both in the County of Lancaster, 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 :-
As a result of many years experimenting, we have discovered that the combined use
of phenol (or to a certain extent other members of the same chemical series) and
ozone, destroys the baccillus of consumption and phthisis and also other baccilli such
as those of snake-bite, and some zymotic diseases and blood poisoning.
To apply this curative, however, to the best advantage the ozone and phenol ought
to be mixed in definite proportions and this is an exceedingly difficult thing to do in a
sick room, as the one is a liquid or vapour and the other a pure gas.
Our invention therefore is 1st. For the actual compound or mixture.
2nd. For a
method of preparing and mixing the same, and 3rd. For the apparatus for preparing
mixing and applying the same.
The mixture is formed of ozone and phenol (or other volatile member of the same
chemical series) and preferably in the following proportions,
Ozone 97 to 99.75 parts.
Phenol 25 to 3 parts.
The exact proportions will depend greatly upon the nature of the disease and the state
of the patient.

page_text: The method of and apparatus for preparing and combining the mixture, and the
apparatus for applying the same, may be understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is sectional view of an arrangement for preparing the ozone.
Figure 2 is a sectional view of a device for combining the phenol and ozone and
for applying the same to a sick room by dispersion.
Figuro 3 shows an apparatus for combining the phenol and ozone, and for applying
the resultant mixture to a patient by inhalation.
In preparing the ozone. the oxygen is passed slowly from one suitable chamber or
reservoir to another and on its way thither it is led through or past an electric spark
or a current of high tensional electricity, which partly converts the oxygen into ozone.
One convenient form of ozonizer is shown in figure 1, in which A is a glass or
earthenware tube, through which the oxygen is caused to pass. Within this tube two
electrodes are placed a short distance apart, and formed preferably of two opposing
platinum brushes B. Their conducting wires are led through hermetically sealed
holes in the tube A. In preparing the ozone on a large scale, two floating chambers
or reservoirs somewhat in the form of small gasholders may be employed, one
connected to each end of the tube A, for holding the oxygen and ozone respectively.
For supplying the ozone in retail quantities it is condensed to the greatest practical
extent in tubes or bottles, preferably in the iron or steel bottles usually employed for
storing oxygen. Or the oxygen itself might be supplied in the condensed state in the
tubes or bottles in which case a small electrical apparatus would be necessary for
ozonizing it as required.
The phenol or other member of the series is preferably employed in the liquid
state when applied with a disperser, but in the state of vapour when applied with an
inhaler.
When the mixture is to be applied by dispersion, the phenol and ozone are placed
in two separate reservoirs or in two separate compartments of the same reservoir.
The exit orifices of these reservoirs or compartments are preferably arranged as shown
in figure 2, the phenol exit orifice C surrounding the ozone exit orifice D, and both
being preferably tapered and terminating at or about the same point as shown. Each
of the orifices may be provided with a regulating cock such as cd.
The ozone
reservoir inay
be provided with an arrangement (mechanical or otherwise) for
producing a pressure upon the surface of the ozone, or the pressure of the condensed
gas itself may be utilized for the purpose of dispersion. The cocks c and d being
opened the ozone issues in a fine jet at the orifice D, and by lateral induction it draws
the phenol to the outer edge of its orifice. At this point the phenol is caught up by
the ozone jet and sprayed into the atmosphere in an intensely fine spray. The phenol
and ozone are thus thoroughly mixed, and the former being in a finely divided state,
it is converted into vapour, which may be inhaled by the patient. The relative
proportions of the ozone and phenol in the mixture may be regulated by the cocks c
and d, and these may, if desired, be connected with an adjustable lever or levers, in
such a manner that they may be turned simultaneously, and may yet be adjusted
independently of each other.
When the mixture is to be applied directly by inhalation, an apparatus such as
shown in figure 3 may be conveniently employed. E is a closed reservoir containing the
liquid phenol e. D' is a tube dipping down into the phenol and communicating on the
outside of the reservoir E with an ozone reservoir F. C is a tube passing out at the
top of the phenol reservoir and provided with a mouthpiece C² and a regulating cock C³,
the lower end of the tube ( being situated at some point above the level of the
liquid phenol e as shown. The ozone reservoir is shown collapsible and it may if
desired be provided with a spring or weight to produce the requisite pressure upon the
gas. is a cock for controlling the ozone exit, and f', f2 are respectively a cock and
union which are employed in filling the reservoir. The cock being opened to the
desired extent, the ozone issues from the lower end of the tube D', passes through the
liquid phenol e and mixes with the phenol vapour in the upper part of the reservoir E.
The mouth piece (2 being now applied to the mouth of the patient, the latter is

page_text: enabled to inhale the mixture by opening the cock C³ to the desired extent, the
exact proportions of phenol and ozone being regulated by the cock f and by the
strength of the liquid phenol e.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. As a curative, applicable for the destruction of baccilli, microbes or the like, the
herein described mixture of ozone and phenol (or other volatile member of the
phenol series), combined substantially in the proportions and in the manner set
forth.
2. The method of obtaining a mixture of ozone and an antiseptic or germicide
which consists in passing a stream of electricity or series of electric sparks through a
current of oxygen, and causing that oxygen to debouch at the aperture of a stream
of the germicide or antiseptic so that the two are sprayed in a fine state of division
over the apartment.
3. The apparatus applicable for making, spraying and for inhaling a mixture of
phenol and ozonised oxygen, substantially as described.
This eth
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.