Improved air and steam inhaling or injecting apparatus / [Paul Bachmann].

  • Paul Bachmann
Date:
1900
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improved air and steam inhaling or injecting apparatus / [Paul Bachmann]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bachmann's Improved Air and Steam Inhaling dr Injecting Apparatus.__ The upper part c is first lifted off the parts a and b which are placed in a vessel n. ... . On to the upper shelves or ledges e, which divide the parts a and b into chambers, a suitable air purifying liquid is poured. The liquid rises above the small tube piece h and Hows on to the second shelf e. d The liquid is continuously poured on until the level of the same on all the shelves reaches the height of the small tubes h, and in the vessel n beneath, over the openings i up to the pipe il 2. After the cover d has been removed from the upper part c, it is pressed on to the middle part b. 10 An india-rubber tube o having been put on to the small pipe i1, and the nose piece p attached the apparatus is ready for use. The air flows through the opening in the cover d into the upper chamber f, through the small tube h in the upper shelf e of the second chamber, thence, in the same manner, into the third and fourth chambers, and to the narrow space 15 between the lower surface of the liquid in the apparatus and the vessel placed beneath and the lower shelf e, and thence through the small pipe i1 into the india-rubber tube o and the nose piece p. Owing to the air passing through the air-purifying substance d1 in the cover d as well as to the contact of large surfaces of liquid with the several shelves e 20 and in the vessel placed beneath, the air is thoroughly purified and most suitably prepared for being inhaled by the patient. The preparation of the apparatus as illustrated in Fig. 1 for purposes of steam inhalation (Figs. 4 and 5) are as follows:—The cover d is first removed and the vaporiser filled with the vaporising fluid, a small bent tube r being then 25 screwed on. When the heating apparatus l has been ignited and the closing cap screwed on the apparatus is ready for use. In cases of outward application for rheumatism, gout, etc., thet steam is allowed to act directly from the small pipe r. If vigorous action be required 30 (in cases of gout, where knots have formed, etc.,) a nozzle s is screwed on to the small pipe r. When the stomach, ears, nose and bowels are treated, an india-rubber tube u to which suitable tube connections and an inhaler or injector can be attached, is used for the further conveyance of the steam. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said 35 invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is; — 1. Combined air and steam inhaling or injecting apparatus, constructed in such a manner that the air purifier is formed in the lower parts a b of the apparatus and the steam generating apparatus contained in the upper part c, 40 a cover d furnished with an opening which is closed by some air-purifying substance being employed for closing the whole apparatus, when the latter is not in use, but, when the apparatus is used in connection with the inhalation of air, reserving as a closing cover and an air purifier. 2. In the combined air and steam inhaling or injectng apparatus accordng to 45 Claim 1, the air purifier in connection with the inhaler the distinguishing feature of which is the introduction into the parts a b of the apparatus of several shelves or ledges e, in which openings g and small tubes h are provided at different parts, so that, upon the pouring of an air purifying fluid from above, on each of the shelves or ledges e there is a quantity of fluid, the upper surface of which is 50 le\el with the height of the small tubes h, for the purpose of bringing large quantities of the fluid into contact with the air passing through the apparatus. d. In the combined air and steam inhaling or injecting apparatus, according to Claim 1, the means for generating steam in connection with the inhalation or injection, the distinguishing feature of which is that, in the upper part c 55 a vaporiser k is arranged, on the small screw pipe extension kl of which a small