New or improved electromagnetic therapeutic apparatus.

  • Bachelet, Emile
Date:
1904
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: New or improved electromagnetic therapeutic apparatus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (Under International Convention,) Date claimed for Patent under Patents Act^ 1901 ) being date of first Foreign Application {in>2nd0ct.j 1903 United States)^ ) Date of Application {in the United Kingdom)^ 1st Oct^j 1904 Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1905 ; COMPLETE SPECIEICATIOjST. ' i New or Improved Electromagnetic Therapeutic Apparatus. I, Emile ]3achki.et, cf Tacoma in (lie County of Pierce and State of Wasliin«- ton, United States, J^ilectrician, do Iieieby 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: 5 This invention relates to electromagnetic therapeuiics, it being a novel efticacicus apparatus for treating diseases by application of electro-magnetism in a novel manner. The object of the invention is to enable powerful magnetic currents or lines of force to be directed through the human body or any i)art thereof without 10 direct contact of the body with the poles or anodes and to enable the magnetic waves to be concentrated and directed at will through the patient without having necessarily any direct application of apparatus to his body, so tlia.t the ])atient may be placed Avholly or partly within a magnetic field and a magnetic current directed through his entire liody or any portion thereof without necessarily interfering with his physical comfort or occupation. The invention in brief comprises two electromagnets arranged in series and some distance apart, preferably so that they act together to create an intense magnetic held, having a centre or core of great intensity in the direct line between the coacting adjacent poles of the magnets. The magnets may be relativelv hxed or movable or one may be hxed and tlie other movable. In the case' of relatively movable magnets care must be taken to have the proper poles in opposition to wit: The north pole of one magnet must be in opposition to the south pole of the other, so that the centre of the magnetic held will pass axiallv tlirough both magnets and b? of greatest intensify, tiie operator by adjusting the'magnets positively determing the how of greatest magnetic force through any iiortion of the body of the patient. Preferably I employ an intermittent oi- alternating current whicli may be derived from any suitable (venerator either direct or by use of a transformer, f may also use a. direct current; but in the latter case I prefer to place an interrupter In the circuit 30 as it is in manv cases desirable to use an alternaiing or intermittent current j f) ^0