depurator

[Low Lat., from depuratus, pa. par. of depuro.] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which purifies or cleanses. 2. Med .: An apparatus to a ist the expulsion of morbid matter by means of the excretory ducts of the skin. It consists of an apparatus, topical or withdrawn from the surface of the body. The depgeneral, by which the natural pre ure of the air is urator is described in Nathan Smith's English patent, 1802. The chamber is filled with steam and the air exhausted to the extent required by the patient, "giving aid to the elastic force of the internal air contained within the human body to throw out the offensive matter."