Improved Apparatus for Applying Liquids in the Form of Spray to the Mucous Lining of the Nostrils and Throat.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1888
Specification Accepted, 24th Aug.. 1888
Improved Apparatus for Applying Liquids in the Form of Spray to
the Mucous Lining of the Nostrils and Throat.
I HENRY GOODIER TURNER of Newton near Hyde in the County of Chester
Solicitor 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 is designed principally for the purpose of administering solution of
cocaine in the form of spray to the mucous membrane lining the nostrils and throat
for the alleviation and cure of the malady commonly known as hay-fever," but the
same apparatus may also be employed for other analogous purposes.
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The invention consists of a combined cup and spray diffuser whereby the solution
of cocaine or other fluid can be administered to the nostrils and throat in the form of
spray, in any definite quantity without any necessity for the patient to assume a
recumbent position.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to
the annexed drawing drawing and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. is an elevation of one side of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a front elevation and
Fig. 3 an elevation of the reverse side thereof. Fig. 4 is a plan view seen from
beneath and Fig. 5. is a similar view looking at the top of the same.
a is a cup having a bent tube b connected to the bottom thereof.
This cup is graduated and marked to show the number of drops of the fluid in order
that any definite amount may be administered as a dose.
c is a blast tube terminating at the top in a nozzle having a fine perforation.
The top of the tube b is bent horizontally and its end also formed into a nozzle with
a fine perforation, the two orifices being close together and at about right angles to
each other.
The parts a
b and c are preferably made of glass and they are joined together by
any suitable cement, or they may if preferred, be held together by metal clips or
otherwise, but I prefer the use of cement because when the clips are employed the
two orifices are liable to become displaced with regard to each other which interferes
with the proper working of the apparatus.

page_text: The lower end of the blast tube c is made with a bulb at ex for the more convenient
and secure attachment thereto of an india rubber or other flexible tube e, to which is
connected an india rubber ball (not shown on the drawings) provided with a suitable
air admission valve.
In using this apparatus the required dose of solution or liquid is placed in the
graduated cup a; the upper ends of the tubes b and c are then passed upwards into
the nostril and on squeezing the ball about one drop of the liquid will be forced out
in the form of spray and thrown upwards onto the mucous membrane, so that any
required number of drops may be in this manner administered with certainty to each
nostril according to the number of times that the patient squeezes the india rubber
ball.
If an inspiration is taken at the same time the spray will be diffused as far as the
throat, but if it be desired to administer the spray direct to the mucous membrane of
the throat the patient may be caused to lean forward over the instrument and the
nozzle be inserted into the mouth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combined graduated cup. and spray diffuser substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings annexed whereby a spray of cocaine or other
solution or liquids may be administered to the mucous membrane of the nostrils and
throat whilst the patient is in a standing or sitting position.
Dated this 20th day of June 1888