AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CURING DISEASES OF THE HUMAN BODY BY MAGNETISM
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Hillert Perry, of No. 72, Piccadilly, Saint
James's, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of i
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CURING DISEASES OF THE HUMAN BODY BY
MAGNETISM."
Sealed the 21st November 1862, and dated the 22nd May 1862...
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Hillert Perry at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd May 1862.
I, JAMES HILLERT PERRY, of No. 72, Piccadilly, Saint James's, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CURING DISEASES OF THE HUMAN BODY BY MAGNETISM,"
to be as follows:-
The instrument, which I intend denominating the magnetic equilibrist, or
regulator of the human health, is an apparatus composed of a magnetic cap,"
or other vestment, fitted with poralised magnets, and of one, three, or four'
galvanic batteries, which are composed of a zinc plate, and a copper, silver,'
gold, or platina plate. Each metallic plate is framed in wood, and connected
with the opposite plate by layers of felt, which are adjusted within the frames."
These galvanie batteries are square or semi-cylindrical in form, and are

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Hillert Perry in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd November 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HILLERT PERRY, of No. 72, Piccadilly; Saint James's, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
"
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said James Hillert Perry, 'Her special licence that I, the said James
Hillert Perry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such o others
as I, the said James Hillert Perry, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and all times thereafter during the term therein. expressed, -should and
lawfully might makė, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CURING DISEASES OF THE HUMAN BODY BY
MAGNETISM," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Hillert Perry, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Hillert Perry, 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.
following statement (that is to say):-
"
My Invention has for its object an improved method of curing diseases of
the human body by magnetism, and consists of an apparatus which I'deno-
minate the magnetic equilibrist, or regulator of the human health. The

page_text: apparatus is formed or constructed and fitted in the manner following; that is
to say, a frame of suitable design and dimensions, with moveable and adjusting
parts capable of receiving and supporting the human body in a sitting or
reclining position is formed, and the part which receives and supports the head
is fitted with a magnetic cap, or other vestment, in which polarized magnets
are arranged, as herein-after described; the arm rests are fitted witli one or two
galvanic batteries to the part which supports the back of the patient, a belt in
which 'a number of polarised magnets are also arranged is fitted. This belt is
intended to pass round the body or loins, and is provided at the ends with
suitable fastenings for securing it in the required position. At the seat of
the frame a cushion in which a galvanic battery is fitted is also placed, and
upon the part which supports the feet another galvanic battery is mounted.
The batteries for the feet and seat are square, and those for the hand are
semi-cylindrical, and are formed with or adapted to square, cylindrical, or
semi-cylindrical metallic chambers, furnished with heaters, to be used as cir-
cumstances may require. The square battery for the feet is fixed to a semi-
cylindrical, metallic chamber, and mounted upon an axle, so as to be capable
of being moved by the foot. The parts of the semi-cylindrical batteries upon
which the hands rest, are also mounted upon pivots or universal joints, so as
to afford free movement to the hands. The seat.battery. is also mounted upon
an axle or dead pin to allow the necessary imovement thereof. By means of
the magnetic vestments and galvanic batteries a permanent though insensible
magnetic current is established throughout the body from the head to the
feet, without having recourse to any additional conductor than the polarized:
magnets, the galvanic batteries, and the vital principle of animal life. Small
batteries to be used without heat are also placed in the soles of the shoes
or boots.
Various modifications of this apparatus are adapted for the cure of the
lower animals.
The general forms of the hand, seat, and foot batteries are shewn upon the
accompanying Drawing.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an invalid couch or folding frame, fitted with the.
apparatus or magnetic and galvanic instruments; Fig. 2 shews the same couch
or frame and instruments in plan. Similar letters of reference are used in each.
Figure where the same parts of the apparatus appear; it will, therefore, be.
understood that the following reference applies to the respective illustrations.
a is the magnetic cap, of which n. is the north or negative and p. the south.
or positive pole; b, the magnetic belt; c, c, the hand galvanic batteries; d, d,.
the seat battery, which is also galvanic; and e, e, similar foot batteries::
:

page_text: In the illustrations delineated upon upon the Drawing the seat and foot
batteries are shewn single as in practice, a more powerful effect will be
obtained by making them in that form. By placing the hand battery in a
transverse position across the arm frames the single form may also be obtained
for the bands.
The terminal poles of the galvanic batteries and the magnetic belt and cap
may alternate from the left to the right, from the head to the foot, if desired.
The magnetic head cap is lined and fitted, as shewn at Fig. 8; 1, 1, 1, &c.,
being the magnets, having their north poles at n, and south at s, s, s, &c.,
connected by the keepers 2, 2. The magnetic belt is similarly fitted with
magnéts and keepers, the only difference being that in the belt they are
placed in a direct line, as shewn at Fig. 4. Fig. 5 shews a section, through
one of the hand. batteries, which is mounted upon a universal joint hori-
zontally upon the pivot in and vertically upon the joint'n; o is the 'metallic
surface upon which the hand rests. This plate takes the form of a semi-
cylinder at the top, and is fitted into wood or other insulaters at the end, and
encloses a plate of similar form of copper, the said plates being separated by
a stratum of felt moistened or saturated, with any of the acidulated saline
liquids, thus leaving an internal chamber; at the bottom of this chamber a
tube to receive a metal heater is fixed. The openings in the ends are closed
with a suitable cover or lid for inserting, securing, and removing. the heater
when required. The foot batteries have their top surfaces flat, and are formed
upon the same principle as that just described. When, however, the hand
and foot batteries are made on the double form, they are mounted upon
universal joints, and when single are mounted in suitable bearings, upon which
they are capable of being moved vertically as desired; their greater extent of
surface allowing sufficient play to these members by their own motion thereon
horizontally. The seat batteries may be in single or double form, and are
mounted on cross bearings in the centre, on which they oscilate as required.
These bearings are so fitted on the seat frame as to admit of the bearing
surfaces of the batteries being advanced or retired at pleasure. The side
frames of the apparatus are made to fold together into a portable form; the
foot rest 3 folds upon a joint 5, against the front limb or support 4, and these
together fold upon the joint 6 under the seat 7; the back limbs or supports 8
fold transversely at 9; the two arms separate at 10, 10, and the backs when
the short arm 11 is folded down turns over upon the joint 10, when the whole
can be placed in a carpet bag or other suitable case for portability when
travelling. When opened out the frames are capable of adjustment to any
desired angles for forming a seat or couch, and supported in the required

page_text: position by side straps, in which a number of metal eyelets are inserted and
attached to studs in the sides of the folding frames.
Having described and ascertained the nature and object of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same may be carried into practical effect and
illustrated, the general form of the apparatus or instrument which I deno-
minate "the magnetic equilibrist," I hereby further declare that in performing
the said Invention I do not restrict myself to the precise forms and modes of
applying the principle thereof hereby particularly explained, as the same are
capable of being materially modified in the several details in practice.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Hillert Perry, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of November, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
JAMES HILLERT PERRY. (L.S.)