IODINE INHALING MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Paul Chartroule, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin,
Paris, in the Empire of France, Doctor, for the Invention of " IODINE
INHALING MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES."
Sealed the 24th July 1860, and dated the 7th February 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Paul Chartroule at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th February 1860.
I, PAUL CHARTROULE, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire
of France, Doctor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IODINE INHALING MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to improved medical treatment or processes and appa-
ratus for the cure of scrofula, chronic bronchitis, chest, and other deseases.
These improvements are, first, the use of an iodometer to be used for inhaling
iodine, and, secondly, of iodized cigarettes.
In the annexed Drawing is an illustration of my improved iodometer; the
apparatus is very simple, and combines in a small compass all the necessary
requirements for keeping the air which is charged with the medical properties
at an invariable temperature; it consists of two distinct parts, viz., 1st, a spirit
lamp; 2ndly, an inhaling apparatus; a, spirit lamp; b, wick holder of glass
serving to keep it in position; c, metal arms supporting the inhaling apparatus ;

page_text: d, metal support for the lamp screwed to a metal foot e; f, receiver of ivory;
g, capillary tube which receives the iodine in small cylinders, which are set in
motion by means of a piston of platina. This tube has on it a graduated scale,
the starting point of which is indicated by a circular mark; h, sphere fixed to
the ivory receiver f; i, bent tube formed of ivory and crystal terminated by an
amber mouthpiece, from which the vapour of iodine is inhaled.
The whole being arranged as described, it will be readily understood that to
supply the iodometer with iodine it is only necessary to unscrew the capillary
tube g, lower the platina piston; one or two cylinders of iodine are then slid in
& in contact with that piston. This being done, the capillary tube is again
screwed to receiver f, which is then held in position by the support of the
lamp. The apparatus being thus disposed, the lamp is lighted a few minutes
before making use of it.
To iodize the cigarettes it is simply necessary to mix a salt of iodine with
tobacco, which is formed into cigarettes, in which it is consumed by the act of
smoking as in ordinary. The iodized cigarettes forming the second part of my
Invention are ignited and smoked in the same manner as ordinary cigars.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Paul Chartroule in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd August 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PAUL
CHARTROULE, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire of France,
Doctor, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Paul Chartroule, Her special licence that I, the said Paul Chartroule,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Paul
Chartroule, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IODINE INHALING
MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Paul Chartroule, by an instrument in writing under

page_text: my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Paul Chartroule, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement, reference being had to the annexed Drawings; and to the
letters marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention relates to new or improved iodine inhaling means and
apparatus for the cure of scrofula, chest, and other diseases, such inhaling
being effected by means of the so called iodometer or by means of iodized
cigarettes.
I have represented in the annexed Drawing the iodometer of
my Invention,
where Fig. 1 shows the said apparatus in position ready for use; the other
Figures show details to be herein-after described. This inhaling apparatus is
very simple, and combines in a small compass all the necessary requirements for
keeping the air which is charged with the medical properties at an invariable
temperature; it consists of two distinct parts, viz., first, a spirit lamp, and
secondly an inhaling apparatus; a, spirit lamp; b, wick holder of glass serving
to keep it in position; c, metal arm supporting the inhaling apparatus; d, metal
support for the lamp, screwed to a metal foot e; cylindrical receiver of ivory.
This receiver has fixed inside of it a crystal tube, taper ended, for leading the
air towards the upper end of the iodine cylinder enclosed in a small tube, the
mouthed part of which receives a small cork stopper h, with an ivory knob
upon it, through which passes a spiral little tube which is heated by the lamp,
and the air in passing through this tube becomes thus heated; g, capillary tube,
which receives the iodine in small cylinders set in motion by means of a piston
of platina n. This capillary tube has a graduated scale, the starting point of
which is indicated by a circular mark; k, spherical part fixed to the ivory
receiver f; 1, bent tube formed of ivory and crystal terminated by an amber
mouth-piece m, from which the vapor of iodine is inhaled.
The whole being arranged as described, it will be easily understood that
to supply the iodometer with the iodine it is only necessary to unscrew the
capillary tube g, and lower the platina piston; one or two cylinders of iodine
are then slid in, and brought in contact with that piston. This being done,
the capillary tube is again screwed to receiver f, already held in position by
the ferule of the lamp. The apparatus being thus disposed, the lamp is lighted
a few instants before making use of it. The tube 1 of the apparatus is pressed

page_text: between the lips, and the vapor is inhaled in the same manner as when smoking
tobacco. The iodized cigarettes above mentioned are ignited and smoked in
the same manner as ordinary cigars.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect, I desire it to be distinctly under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the precise details, nor to the strict form
of the apparatus or portions of the apparatus herein described and represented;
but what I claim as new and of my Invention is, the iodine inhaling apparatus
or iodometer, and also the iodized cigarettes as described for the cure of
scrofula, chronic bronchitis, chest, and other diseases.
In witness whereof, I, the said Paul Chartroule, have set my hand and
seal, this Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty.
P. CHARTROULE. (L.S.)