Specification of Alexander Robertson : applying heat or cold to the human body.

  • Robertson, Alexander.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Specification of Alexander Robertson : applying heat or cold to the human body. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hohertson^s Inipts. in Applying Heat or Cold to the Human ]3ody. Avliicli lies upon the scalp. This cap, like the others, is provided with inlet and outlet pipes. The cap so made is secured to the head by means of bands or straps, which are tied under the chin. At Pigure 13 of the Drawings, that side marked A is a vertical section 5 and the side marked B is an elevation of an arrangement of my appa¬ ratus adapted for application to the throat or neck, and which consists of a vulcanized india-rubber or other waterproof bag a, arranged in compartments numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 respectively, and similar to those lierein-before described in reference to the chest bag illustrated 10 at Pigures 1 and 2 of the Drawings. Water is admitted to the throat bag a by the inlet pipe h, and after circulating through all the compart¬ ments of the bag a, as indicated by the arrows is discharged by the outlet pipe c, both of wPich pipes h and c are provided with taps or cocks d and d ^ respectively, in order to regulate the quantity of water 15 flowing into and out of the bag a. The throat bag a, as in the case of the chest bag, is cemented or otherwise fixed to a sheet e of vulcanized india-rubber, vulcanized cloth, or other fabric, and which is provided at one end with straps or bands /, and at the other end with buckles g for holding it in position on the throat or neck of the patient; or the 20 sheet e may be furnished with buttons, clasps, or other suitable means for effecting that end. It is to be understood that my Invention may be applied in manner similar to the several adaptations herein-before set forth to other parts of the human body, the bags being shaped to suit other parts, I having 2[5 specified and shewn on my Drawings such apparatus as applied to some parts of the human body only. Besides being arranged parallel to each other the compartments may be put into the form of coils, or in a more or less circular form, and in place of communicating at one end only they may communicate at both ends. 80 And it is to be further understood that in place of employing the screwed cap and joints on the inlet and outlet pipes, as shewn at Digures 1 and 3 respectively, there may be employed in all the forms of my apparatus, taps, or cocks, as shewn in connection with the chest bag in Digure 1% to the vaginal or uterine bag at Digure 5, and to the throat 85 bag in Digure 13, as in using such taps or cocks there is less liability of losing any part of the apparatus or of injuring it than attaches to the caps and joints shown at Figures 1 and 3 respectively, which have sometimes to be detached.