Specification of William Edward Newton : pneumatic apparatus for treating disease.

  • Newton, William Edward.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Specification of William Edward Newton : pneumatic apparatus for treating disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Newton's Improved Pneumatic Apparatus for Treatment of Diseases. said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times thereafter during the term therein 5 expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for An Improved Pneumatic Apparatus for the Treatment of Diseases in an Attenuated Atmosphere,” being a com¬ munication to me from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) 10 that I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same’ was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar 15 months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent*.. NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton,, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, 20 and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):— The beneficial results of treating certain disorders by exhaustion of air over the surface of the skin of the patient has long been recognised by the medical profession. The present Invention consists in constructing a light portable apparatus 25 which can be easily put together and taken apart, and may be used for treating diseases in an attenuated atmosphere. The improved apparatus will obviate the necessity of using the bulky and inconvenient apparatus heretofore employed for that purpose. Fig. 1 in the accompanying Drawing is a view of the entire apparatus when 30 fitted for use, parts being cut away to show the internal structure ; Fig* 2 is a section of the air pump showing the arrangement of the pipes and stop-cocks for exhausting the air and re-admitting the same ; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the receiver \ Eig. 4 to 8 inclusive show various small receivers intended to be employed in local applications. 35 A is the air pump of ordinary construction, except that it has two pipes C and D opening into one another and closed by stop-cocks; the pipe C com¬ municates with the receiver by means of a screw coupling and pipe E; the pipe D opens into the air, and by opening its stop-cock the air is permitted to