Specification of James Williams : vapour and steam baths.

  • Williams, James
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of James Williams : vapour and steam baths. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    {. A.D. 1871 , 19th October. N° 2787. Vapour and Steam Baths, (This Invention received Provisional Protection only.) PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Williams at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th October 1871. I, James Williams, of The Mount, Malyern, in the County of Wor- 5 cester, a Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement op Vapour and Steam Baths, and Mode op Operating therewith for Medical Purposes,” to be as follows: — The features of novelty of this Invention consist, 1st, in making the 10 bath chamber sufficiently large to enclose the whole person. 2nd. Making the reclining seat as a double inclined plane, to enable the patient to recline the body, instead of keeping it erect as heretofore. 3rd. lining the bath chamber with metal for the better radiation of 15 heat. 4tli. The introduction of glass at the upper part of the bath chamber to render it light and cheerful.
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