Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1889
Comolete Specification Accepted, 27th Aor. 1889
I, HUGO WOLLHEIM of 101 Leadenhall-street, E.C. in the city of London, county
of Middlesex, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a new reagent produced by the chemical combination of
alkalis, preferably lime, with Trimethylamine, or its isomeres, or salts or combinations
thereof. Its effect is that of a true disinfectant i.e. the destroying of the vitality of
all germs capable of inducing chemical change or disease. It may be employed for
disinfecting, preservative or remedial purposes.
It has the advantage over other powerful disinfectants of being non-poisonous.
HUGO WOLLHEIM.

page_text: A New Reagent for Disinfecting, Preservative, or Remedial
Purposes.
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I, HUGO WOLLHEIM, of 101 Leadenhall Street, E.C., in the City of London, County
of Middlesex, Chemist, 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 statenient :-
My invention consists in the production of a new antiseptic reagent, and its application
to disinfecting preservative and remedial purposes.
My new reagent is produced by the action of alkalis upon trimethylamine or
isomers thereof, or upon salts or combinations of the same, or compounds
containing such.
The nature of my said invention is as follows:-When certain organic bases,
belonging to the group of "amines" such as trimethylamine and its isomers (which
are known to be contained in a variety of objects occurring in nature as well as in
some waste products) are treated with excess of alkalis, such as for instance, lime or
potash, a very soluble gas is evolved, possessing a peculiar, very marked, but not
disagreeable odour, very different from that pertaining to the trimethylamine &c.
before treatment.
This gas 1. have found to be capable, even in very minute quantities and varying of
course in accordance with the uses to which it is to be applied, of utterly destroying
in a remarkably short space of time the vitality of all germs and spores which can
in luce chemical change or disease.
For example one fourth of a gramme of trimethylamine in many instances
suffices to yield a quantity of gas in question for the complete disinfection of
a volume of 1000 litres of sewage or other liquid teeming with micro-organisms.
It is therefore a true and powerful disinfectant. It has great advantages over other
powerful disinfectants, as for instance, that it is non-poisonous and comparatively
cheap.
The applications to which the said new reagent may be put, comprise amongst others,
the following important uses :-
General disinfection for sanitary purposes.
The prevention of infection.
The preservation of substances from fermentation, putrefaction or decay.
The treatment of diseases traceable to the action of germs.
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It may be applied according to requirements:-
1st. Either in its free gaseous state by itself, or mixed with other gaseous bodies,
as for instance in the case of disinfection of sick rooms or for inhalations.
2nd. It may be applied in solution in a suitable liquid, as for instance when it is to
be used for preserving substances from fermentation or decay, or for medicinal purposes
as a mixture or spray.

page_text: 3rd. It may be applied, encompassed in suitable solid or semi solid substances,
as for instance in the case of antiseptic preparations for hygienic or toilet
purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The production of the said novel antiseptic reagent and its application for
disinfecting, preservative, and remedial purposes, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
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1000
Dated this way of Batch 100
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.