Improvements in or in connection with enemas / [George Muxworthy].

  • Muxworthy, George.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Improvements in or in connection with enemas / [George Muxworthy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 6816 A.D. 1897 Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1897 Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1897—Accepted, 22nd Jan., 1898 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION). Improvements in or in connection with Enemas. I, George Muxworthy, oi 6 Broad Street, Pendleton, in the County of Lan¬ caster, Hygienist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: — My said invention relates to improvements in or in connection with Enemas and particularly to enemas of the fountain type. 5 In this type of enema the water or other medium to be injected is contained within a metallic or other vessel of a capacity of about 1 gallon. The vessel con¬ taining the warm water is suspended some little height above the operator and the hydraulic pressure or “head” of water is sufficient to enable the operator to utilize,* if necessary, the whole of the water within the vessel. The enema is IQ attached by means of a pipe or tube to the bottom of the metallic or other vessel, and I have found in practice that the sand or dirt, or other foreign matter sus¬ pended in the water being soon deposited at the bottom of the vessel, is at once carried by the flow of water, to the rectum or vagina, as the case may be. This is very detrimental and the object of my invention is to overcome this defect. 15 In carrying my invention into effect I provide the water vessel with a settling chamber, or chambers placed below the level at which the water is withdrawn. In a very short time after the charging of the water vessel the sand, dirt and other solid matter held suspended in the water, is deposited within the settling chamber and the water can then be withdrawn free from solid impurities. 2Q Instead of using a metallic water vessel as usual I employ a collapsible vessel of rubber or other resilient material which may be suspended by means of a handle upon a hook or the like. The rubber vessel is provided at its lower end with pockets or settling chambers disposed below the coupling or connection for the enema tube. The upper part of the bag is provided with an opening for the pur- 25 pose of filling and also to admit air to the interior of the vessel when in use. The filling opening, and enema tube connection, may be closed when not in use with the enema by means of screwed plugs. By making the water vessel of rubber or other resilient material and closing each aperture by means of screwed stoppers, I am enabled to utilize the vessel as 3Q a hot water bottle when required. Dated this 15th day of March 1897. For the Applicant, E. K. DUTTON & Co., Chartered Patent Agents, 5, John Dalton Street, Manchester. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in or in connection with Enemas. I, George Muxwortiiy, of 0 Broad Street, Pendleton, in the County of Lan¬ caster, Hygienist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner [Price 8c?.]