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any required height above the bed stone~ and the grain~ fed thr0ug~a the eye~ is to be rubbed between the stones, and discharged through a hole near the bottom of the l'ower Stone.

The claim is to ~ the before described modes of rubbing or cleaning grain, particularly the rim on the bed stone, to retain' the grain to be submitted to the requisite degree of fi'iction or" pre~- B u r e .

37. For an improvemen~ in the Cap u~ed a~ a LVubstilulefor ~'lyers; in what is called Danforth's filling frame; $oseph Ripka, ~Manayunk, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, July 31.

(See specification.)

.98. For an improvement i,a the manner of making Keys for the Exlraeting of Teeth; Cornelius Adle, Winthrop, Kennebec coun- ty, Maine, July 31.

The patentee claim:s ~'the manner of constructing the stem or beam; the manner of constructing' the fulcrum, at~d of attaching it to the stem, and the manner of attachin~ the hook to the ful. crum;" but, with the exception of the first point, which.consists of a bend in the shank, in which there is no novelty, the instrument is so imperfectly described, and the drawing, if drawing it can be called, so defective, that we cannot pretend to decide upon its la- tent merits. I f the drawing with the instrument, is not more suc- cessful than the drawing of ire we should prefer the unimproved apparatus whose powers we have often essayed.

SrECIFICATI0,~S OF AMERICAN PATENTS'°

5~ecifieation of a patent for a Galvanic lnstritm~nt or dppa~'atus, for the cure of certain diseases in the human zystem. Granted to ]DANIEL HARRINGTON~ ei[~ of Ph~ladelt�hia,. July ~ 183:3.

To all whom it may concern, be it known, th~;t L.l~aniel ltarrihg- ton, of the city of Pl]iladelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania~ have invented a new and useful instrument, or appa,'atus* for the purptiice of applying the galvanic, electl'ic, or ma netic fluid, of influ'enee'~ as produced by the contact of different metals, to the cnreof eerta~h dis- eases in the human system'~ and that the followlngis a'fu]{ and'e~r~tct description of the construction of~ and the modes ~0f operating with~ the said instrument~ or apparatus.

Any two diffel'ent metals which excite the galvanic influence by contact~ may be used in tim formation of this ins'trument, but I prefer for this purpose silver and zinc, and shall speak of them only, thetce- tbre~ in my desc,'iption. The instrument is intended to be applied to the diitL'rent external orifices of the human body, as to the anus~ the vagina, the nares, and the meatus auditorius~ or orifice 0f the ear~ for the removal of obstructions, and the cure or relief of such diseases as may be beneficially treated thereby. The particular instrument

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which I am about to describe is of a size and form Milch adapt it t0 the rectum~ in the adult subject; those used for the nostrils, or other purposes, must, of course, be so varied in form and size as shall be best suited to the purpose, the general principle of their construc. tion being in all cases similar; they must also be suited in size tothe age, of other circumstances of the patient.

The accompanyit~g drawin K re )resents the inst,'ument of two-thirds the full size of one which I t~tve had in actual operation; it consists principally, of two pieces of metal~ separated by a bad conductor of electricity. A and B are the two pieces of metal~ each made in tl~e

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same form; C is a piece of ivory, glass, resin, or any other bad con. doctor of the electric fluid. 1) D, are tlanches, coltars, or projecting plates, o| metal, which stand at the distance of about two inches from one, and live from the other, end of the instrument. The noncon. ducting piece (?, may be about one-fourth of an inch thick, and from t~o to three inches Inns; its width must be equal to that of the pieces oI metal between whicl] it is interposed The general width of the pieces of metal A and B, is about half an inch, and their greatest thi(:kaess is ab(~ut one-ei.~hth of an inch. The silver should be made m~,ch ~hitme,., say one thirteenth of an inch thick,/br three or four inches in length, towards the end E, in order that, by its elaslicity~ the two metals may be readily brought into contact with each other, The end fi'om I) to F is to be nicely rounded, and tapered, as it is to be inserted into the rectum, and the faces of the collars, or flancheh towards that cml, should be somewhat convex, anti perfectly smooth~ that it may press, without producing inconvenience, upon the delicate membrane which surrounds the anus. a a a are rivets, or pins, of w[md, which pass entirely through the two thicknesses of metal, and the nonconductor, to connect them together, cement also being inter- posed between the metals and the ivo,'y, to promote the same end. Screws (,f metal may be used lbr the same purpose, provided they do not I!ass e!~th'ely tb,'ough the nonconductor.

• ~ t~en tiffs instrument is used, it shou d be dipped into olive oil, and ti~en inserted by a gently twisting ,notion, until the flanches bear agamst the membrane, iu which position it is to be held whilst it is in use. In ( r(h,r to produce the desired influence, the silver and zinc are t~ be :iIicrnatelv pressed together, and suffered to recede; a su.e- tess!on ?f slight, ttim~gh perceptible, shocks, will be thus produced, ann ~t ~!~t r,rt'ly i~al)pen that the app ication of the instrument in this way wit| rmt produce a dejection, even in cases where the const pa- ti(m has been (,bstinate Experience has shown that instead of the debilitatit ,~ eftlycts of ordinary cathartics, this application tends to ~,lve ton~ ~t~ the intestinal canal, and in this way to produce very happy results in cases of dyspepsia~ habitual costiveness~ and othez ':m~plaints. By keeping the two metals in contact, a continued ir~.

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fluenee will be produced, and this, when desired, may be increased by the use of a small galvanic pile, or battery, the poles of which may be connected with the respective metalsj for ordinary purposes, this, however, is not necessary.

As an appendage to this instrument, when used for operating through the medium of the rectum, I sometimes employ another, which, for an adul b may be in form such as is represeated in the

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accompanying figure. This appendage may be turned out of ivory or hard wood, or it may be blown out of glass. The end A may be inserted in the same way with the end F, of the llr.~t named instrument; the collar, or tlanch, Ig, servin~ to regulate it in the same way with the metal collar, l). The handle part, C, maybe of any convenie,lt form. This appcndaTe l l)erlbratc from end to end, as shown by the ,lotted lines. It will be fmlnd convenienl~ sometimes~ to use this as introduct~wv to the galvanic instrument, or, nccasion- ally, after it, or alternatit[g with it. By means of the l)erfo,'ation, a syringe, or injecting pipe, adapted to the larger end of the perfiwa- tion, may be used to inject oils, or other fluids, which, from a diseased state of the rectum, or fi'nm other causes, may be required.

I am aware that galvanic circles have been, and are now, employ- ed in ditlierent ways, as by inserting a small cylinder of zinc in the rectum, and a piece of silver in the mouth, with a connectinz wireof silver between the two; and also by binding plates of zinc a~d silver on dill>rent and distant parts of the body, after removing the cuticle, and connecting such plates by a wire, as above; tht, s keeping up a continued action of the galvanic influence, or an action of many hm, rs duration; I do not, therefore, claim the application of such instru- ments; but what I do claim as my invention is the eml)loyment of two metals, with a bad conductor of electricity interposed between them, in the manner, or upt)n the principle, herein described~ for the purpose of producing for a shorter o," a longer period, a succession of gentle shocks, for the purpose of removing obstructions, or of produc- ing other benellcial eitiects, in cases of diseased action, by inserting and using lhe same as directed, in any of the external orifices of the human body.

I)a~IEL HARRINGTON,

Specification of a patent ,for an impro~'ement in the Cap used as a sub- stitute for Flyers i;~ I)anforth's Spinniag .5lachine. Granted to Jo- sEvII RIpKA, .~lanayuulc , 1)hiladelldda county, July S l~ 1833.

To all whom it may concern, be it known~ that I, Joseph Ripka, of Manayunk, in the county of Philadelphia, and state of Pennsylva- nia~ have invented an improvement in the cap used as a substitute