An improved electric bath.

  • Schwedler, Hermann Imanuel Willy
Date:
1904
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An improved electric bath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - N° 10,393 D^te of Application, 5th May, 1904--Accepted, 7th July, 19Q4 COMPLETE SPECIFICATIOISP. An Improved Electric Bath. 1, 11 EH Company (ledare tl formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following- a statement: — This invention relates to an electric bath specially intended to iutluence Ihe action of the heart, Avhereby the electric current known as rotating- ciiirenf is conducted by the intermedium of a liquid, such as water for instance, to par¬ ticular parts of the body and, upon the electric conductor being brought in 10 touch with certain points on the body, is made to act upon the heart or otluu- organs in the manner desired. Tlie accompanying drawing illustrates such a bath, the form chosen being lhat of a chair which is particularly suitable for the treatment of the patient. l.b'g. 1 is a side view of the bath, and 15 -Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. The foundation-plate a supports a chair h which is conveniently secured therelo and upon Avhich the patient is seated. The arms e of said chair which arc suit¬ ably fixed to the back d and the seat e, have their upper sides constructed so as io proA-ide a support for the tubs or troughs f made of glass or other insulating 20 material, upon Avhich the patient sitting in the chair can rest his arms, as Avheii sitting in an ordinaiy- arm-chair. The troughs intended to receive the arms may also be arranged on a support specially provided by the side of the chair. Tlie patient places his feet in the trough g which is also made of glass or some other insulating material, whilst the electrode h is located at the bottom and the 25 electrodes i are placed in the troughs provided for the arms. The electrodes consist of a suitable plate-shaped conductor which is enclosed in a wooden frame, for instance, and has its surface covered with a grating or the like, or Avith a perforated plate made of insulating material, so as to give the Avater or other liquid in the trough free access to the electrodes, AAdiilst on the other liaTid the 30 patient himself is unable to coine into contact Avith the electrodes. MTiilst Ihe patient is under treatment, application is made of the rotating current aaTiIcIi is led to the electrodes from suitably insulated conductors and uiade to pass through the patient’s body along a direction determined by its immersed parts, and M disperse in the region of tlie heart for the treatment of 35 which this apparatus is particularly intended. It is thus possible to treat patients by the rotating current in the aforesaid manner Avitliout their being obliged to undress entn-ely, Avhich is a notable advantage, as the risk of catching c<dd and of being subjected to (dher incon¬ veniences, is.thereby aAmided. /jO The foundation-plate may be covered Avith a non-heating conductoi- to provide a patient Avitb a rest for one foot or both feet before, durbig, or after the,treat¬ ment. IPrlce 8r/.'J HAXX iMAaNUEL WiLLY SciiAVKOLEu, Director of The Sanitas Kjectideal , Limited, of Ta Soho Square, in the County of London, W., do hereby re nature of this inA’cntion and in Avhat manner the same is to be ner-