Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-10-16
The above we believe TO be a true ac-
count Of this unfortunate occurrence.
Yours, respectfully,
8. II. ADAMS, w. II. BowDlTcH.

IMPORTANT FACTS s.-.We with pleasure
refer our readers TO Coad's Patent
Graduated Galvanic Battery, advertised
in another column.
The great importance Of this instru-
mcnt is evidently shown by the numcr-
ous inveterate diseases, which are cured
by it, in various parts OF the United
respectable in this country. Its con-
siruction is peculiar to itsell, and its APP
plication 10 the human body is totally
different from all others Of that name
these are facts shown by the most cele-
brated medical men in the world. Out
of numerous notices from such gentle
men, We can give here only one, from
the Boston Medical and Surgical Jour
nal Of September lth, 1850, and various
notices Of cures of Paralysis &c, may
be seen IN that highly respectable jour
nal, OF more recent date, which were ei-
fected in Boston by means Of this most
useful apparatus.
For further information respecting this
Instrument see the Medical Cyclopedia,
first edited in the University ol London,
the Medical Journals Of Ohio, and the
pamphlets in the possession OF the Pa
tentee, now at his rooms. at the Uni
ted States Hotel, Newport.
Coad's Patent Graduating Gdirdnic
Bdttery.-By reference TO an advertise
ment in another part OF the Jonrnal, it
will be seen that Mr.. Il. Coad, from
Philadelphia is in our city, ready TO
exhibit his inventions and improvements
in the Galvanic Battery. The batteries
which have generally been in use, in
this and other cities, have had similar
name applied TO them { (GraduGted),
though their action has been as different
from this, as the common electrical cylin-
der from the battery which generates
he galvanic fluid. Although it is said
that they are graduated, YET such is not
The fact. 1t is true, by the sliding of
the bundle of rods within the helix, the
amount Of intensity from the battery can
in part be regulated. II would thus ap-
pear 10 be the magnet which should re-
ccive the term graduated" and not the
battery. In the apparatus OF Mr.. Coad,
and for which he has had letters patent
since lS42, the graduation Of quantity is
regulated in the battery ilselI--a very
decided difference and important in sev-
eral particulars; one of which is, that
the expediture of force is only requisite
to The amount actually needed in an
operation. In the second place, the
operator has the gaIvanic fluid under
his perfect control. An individual may
take the poles in his hands, and the fluid
may be made to pass through him, in
most delicate nianner, or its force by
quantity can be so Increased, as to de-
prve him of Lille. This apparatus DIFF
iers from others by the absence OF an
armature to interrupt the current : with
Coad's battery, the fluid is accumu'at-
ed in a reservoir (the helix,) and from
thence traverses a circuit, by means Of
wheel breaking the current which can
be thrown off in quantity to suit the
purposes OF the operator. II would seem
t. be law in galvanism, that intensity
and quantity materially differ, which
this battery Of Coad's will perfectly H.
lustrate. We have seen it in action, and
can say, that in our opinion it is lar more
perfect than any similar apparatus we
have seen. Mr.. Coad has devoted
much labor and cxpence to perfect his
machine, and it would seem, by the
many letters in his possession from the
most eminent Of the faculty, that 1t is
fully appreciated.