Improvements in electric baths.

  • Zwiebel, Josef
Date:
1902
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in electric baths. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    19,180 A.D 1902 Date of Application, 1st Sept, 1902—Accepted, 8th Jan., 1903 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. I “ Improvements in Electric Baths.” I, Josef Zwiebel, of Neu Ulm, Bavaria, Proprietor of a Sanatory Establish- ment, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: — My invention relates to a bath suitable for electric, and particular for tan baths, so constructed as to fulfil all hygienic requirements and allow the electric current to act more or less upon different parts of the body. The inv-ention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Eig. 1 is a horizontal section of the bath; Eig. 2 shews details.. <2 is the bath which is of ordinary shape and preferably made of oak staves like a cask, the head end being inclined to form a comfortable support for the back of the bather. The bath may however be made of other non-conducting material such as glass, stone and the like. Oak wood is preferable to the pine wood ordinarilv used which becomes easilv cracked bv the heat and liable to have wood fungus or dry rot formed in it. (The bath has at both ends openings h through which metal rods c pass parallel to the sides). The openings b are of such width that the metal rods c and their electrodes d can be readily moved toward or awaj^^ from the body of the bather. The open- ' ings b can also have their upper sides closed by hinged covers. The conducting wires g for the electric current are firmly fixed to the ends of the rods c by nuts h. At the ends of the bath are arranged metal rods which however need not be movable, but pass through the wood of the bath to the conducting wires g and are suitably fixed in place. In front of the metal rods a frame or guard n may be (secured to the wall of the bath, to prevent the bather from touching the metal. The outlet of the tube may be) closed up by means of a cork stopper i attached to a leather strap Ic. By the employment of such material for the stopper and strap the bather is pro¬ tected against injury if he strikes against these parts. The metal parts of the bath are out of contact with the water, so that there is no formation of injurious metal salts within the bath. The bath may be covered by a frame provided with a suitable fabric cover leaving only the head of the bather exposed. Owing to this arrangement even persons suffering from colds may use the bath, because their bodies are always surrounded by hot vapours arising from the bath forming a kind of steam bath. Since the bath is, provided with conducting rods, at both the sides and ends, the current may pass through the body of the patient from the head to the feet as well as from one side to the other and since the different electrodes d which have hooks e by which they are- hung on the conducting rods, are easily removable and adjust- able certain parts only of the body may be treated with the electric current. Eor this purpose the electrodes d near the parts which are not be treated are removed, or the electrodes // may be moved close together as to lie near the parts of the bodv which are to be treated. Also the longitudinal rods, c with their electrodes may be moved nearer to the parts of the body through 45 which the current is to be conducted. Since the rods c with the electrode are [^Price 8^/.]