Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Improvements in hip-baths / [Katharina Schmidt]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![A.D. 1U02 Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1902—Accepted, 4th Deo,, 1902 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Hip-baths. I, Katiiakina Schmidt, of No. 3 Waldow Strasse, Niederschonhausen, near Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, in the German Empire, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following 5 statement: — My invention relates to an improved combination hip and rising-douche bath, consisting of a framework supporting the bath proper, so as to constitute a kind of chair-bath. I also provide means whereby the body of the bather may be exposed to a constant, running current of water, if desired. B) • My new bath is illustrated by the appended drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved bath. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the bath in conjunction with a water reservoir. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bath fitted with a pump, the front being Id removed. A is the stand or frame of wood upon wThich the actual bath a is secured so as to form a kind of chair. The bath a may have approximately the form of an ordinary hip-bath, except that the front is open. This open end is closed by a slab of wood, or other suitable material, g, which is held firmly in position 20 by catches k, bolts or any other appropriate means. For the purpose of en¬ suring a water-tight joint, a strip of rubber m is inserted in a groove in the end of the bath, as shown in Fig. 4. The slab or end-piece g is perforated io receive the legs of the bather, the apertures being fitted with rubber collars i, oi the like, in order to prevent leakage. 2.5 Belowr the bottom of the apparatus is the inlet-pipe d, wThich enters the bath at dl, which is approximately the place where the pelvis of the sitter will be located when bathing. Parallel with the inlet-pipe d is an outlet-pipe e, which has two exit openings from the bath, at el and e2, so located as to lie laterally of the bather's hips. 30 A seat f having preferably somewhat the form of a U may be conveniently arranged for the bather. This seat prevents the apertures dl, e1, e2 from being accidentally closed by portions of the body, and moreover admits of the stream of water entering the bath having immediate access to the genitals and anus, such as is frequently desirable. 35 When a simple hip- or sitz-bath is desired, the bather having taken his seat, is run or poured into the bath. When the bathing period is concluded, the water is again run off, and the end g can be opened. Fig. 3 illustrates a convenient method which may be adopted for such a bath. 40 A reservoir h is here connected by a rubber or other pipe h1 to the horizontal pipe e, wdiich is in this case employed as inlet to feed the bath. The desired quantity of wrater is then poured into the reservoir h from a ewer, and the flow into the bath regulated by means of the cock n. A similar cock mav be [Price 8d.] N° 19,134](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30734952_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
