Specification of Ernest Bagnicki : apparatus for curing leucorrhœa, &c.

  • Bagnicki, Ernest.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Specification of Ernest Bagnicki : apparatus for curing leucorrhœa, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JBagnicJeis Improved Syringing Apparatus for Curing Leucorrhoea, $c. by its own gravity upon the lower seat, to be again forced upwards by the fluid. This alternate or vibrating motion of the ball valves between their upper and lower seats causes~a species of electricity to be imparted to the fluid, which electricity entering the body with the fluid produces the curative effect desired. By increasing the number of vibratory ball valves the electricity may 5 be increased to any desired extent. And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I shall now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose I shall refer to the several Figures on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts throughout all the 10 Figures. Figure I. of the Drawings represents a cross section of my apparatus; Figure II. is a horizontal section of the same; Figure III. is an enlarged section through the pump ; and Figure IV. is a plan of the same. In carrying out my Invention, I construct in the bottom or lower part of 15 a chair a tank A, divided by means of a very fine sieve a of wire gauze or other suitable material into two parts c and d. In the part c the water or other suitable fluid is poured through the spout/, and thence filters through the sieve a into the other part d of the tank, in which latter part a pump B is placed, by which the fluid is forced up and injected through a flexible tube g %0 into the womb. Above the tank A another vessel D is placed, over which the patient sits, and which receives the waste water, which is then allowed to run off at the back through an opening or cock h. The rod of the pump projects through the seat of the chair, and is worked by gearing or by any other means so as to be easily handelled by the person using the apparatus. 25 The pump which I propose to employ, and by which the required electricity is produced, is represented in Figures III. and IIII. This is, with the exception of the valve chambers, constructed in the usual manner, and is similar to a double-acting force pump. The valve chambers are here provided with two openings, one above and one below, similar to each other, and these openings 30 are made smaller than the diameter of the pipes or passages leading to and from the same. When the pump is at rest the lower openings are covered with the metallic ball valves V. So soon as the pump is set in operation for the purpose of injecting the water or fluid, the ball valves will be alternately lifted up to allow the water to pass through the openings into the pump in the usual 35 manner; but as a valve seat similar to the lower one is likewise formed in the upper part of the valve chamber, the upper passage which communicates with the pump or discharge pipe will be closed up by the raising of the ball valve Y, until such ball valve falls again by its own weight upon the lower seat,