Specification of James Carrick : respiratory apparatus.

  • Carrick, James.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Specification of James Carrick : respiratory apparatus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Respiratory Apparatus. LETTERS PATENT to James Carrick, of George Square, Glasgow, Lanark¬ shire, Gentleman, for the Invention of “Improvements in Apparatus for Inhaling, Breathing, and Respiratory Purposes.” Sealed the 8th September 1864, and dated the 16th March 1864. $ ‘ ..... PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Carrick at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th March 1864. . I, James Carrick, of George Square, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Gentleman, 5 do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Improvements in Apparatus for Inhaling, Breathing, and Respiratory Purposes,” to be as follows:— The Invention consists, first, in such a mechanical combination of parts as shall enable the functions of breathing to be performed by persons of delicate 10 lungs in such a manner that the air inhaled shall enter by one free aperture, and after passing through the lungs to be respired from a second distinct aperture. Second, in the introduction of a purifying medium, either moist or dry, into the inhaling aperture or chamber of the respirator through which the air 15 must pass to enter the lungs. Third, the introduction or combination with the mouth respirator of a portable apparatus so adapted as * to contain medicated or other substances,