Specification of Morris Mattson : apparatus for administering injections.

  • Mattson, Morris.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Specification of Morris Mattson : apparatus for administering injections. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mattson's Improved Apparatus for Administering Injections, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for An Improved Apparatus for Administering Vaginal and other Injections, and Box for CONTAINING THE SAME,” upon tlic Condition (amongst others) that I, the said Morris Mattson, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should 5 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 months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent. NOW KNOW YE, that I, the.said Morris Mattson, do hereby declare 10 the nature of my 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 accompanying Drawing forming a part of this Specification: — The injections which my improved apparatus is chiefly used for 15 are,— Pirst. Vaginal injections. These may consist of water or other fluid, and are intended to cleanse the vagina. Second. Nasal injections for cleansmg the nasal cavities. * Third. Injections for the bowels. These are known as enemas, clysters, 20 or lavements. Pourth. Sprays for cleansing wounds and other injuries. My improved apparatus comprises the usual features of a common enema syringe in combination with the following appliances :—Pirst, am elastic bulb or bottle vulcanized, without a neck, and so arranged as to 25 prevent leakage; second, a sectional inlet tube made of rigid material, which may be readily detached without disturbing the valve, so that the instruments may be packed in a small portable box ; third, an adjustable outlet valve at the end of the flexible outlet tube, which prevents the fecalized fluid of the bowels from flowing back into the syringe ; fom’th, 30 a vaginal irrigator to be used in place of the ordinary vaginal tubes, and which consists of an open or cage-like structure formed to distend the vagina, and allow the injected fluid to have ready access to the interior of the vaginal canal; fifth, a nasal irrigator plug or nozzle of such shape and dimensions as to close any sized nostril tightly, thereby obviating 35 the necessity for a number of plugs or nozzles, from which to select