The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-19
ELECTRIC REMEDY.
That Wicked Theft.

From Halls Journal OF Health, April, 1876 n
just as we go to press we receive copy Of
| the Cincinnati DAILY STAR, containing an ad-
| yertisement which covers precisely half page
Of that paper, and which emanates from the
volta Belt Company" Of Cincinnati. 1t ap-
pears that the "volta Belt Company" is trou.
bled because in our Issue for January, 1875, wa
| characterized their shameless distortion Of an
editorial which we wrote in our number for
! April, 1875, as "a Wicked Theft" and that
they now seek to escape the penalty,
always attaching to unfair conduct, by de-,
crying the standing and influence Of the jour-
NAL OF HEALTH. We do not care to allude b
this Belt Company again, having already
stated in substance that we were compelled to
look with suspicion upon concern which
could SO far subvert our meaning by the Omis.
sion Of important words when claiming 10
quote our language, as to make us appear to
be bearing testimony to the value of the appli-
snces which they manufacture. 1t matters
very little what opinion these belt persons may
hold Of the JOURNAL; it is Of great Importance
to all right minded men that our utterances
should not be wrested from their plain intent
and made to seemingly foster and sustain thas
to us utterly unknown quantity, the Volta Belt
Company Of Cincinnati.
The trouble appears to be that when We
discussed the subject Of electrical action and
its application to diseased conditions, in our
April, 1875, issue. we spoke some commenda-
tory words Of the appliances made by Mr.. Il. j.
Seibert of this city. These belts, and bands.
and shOe-soles we had used In several cases.
and from their use excellent results had fol-
lowed. We believe we were doing our readers
real service in explaining tho uses and ad-
vantages Of these simple and inexpensive in
struments, az time when, Is never before.
| the minds of the medical profession are active
ly engaged in discussing the value Of the yari.
GUS methods Of inducing the electrical pho
ndmena, and employing the power Of this
subtle and mysterious agent in the healing
processes. We have examined scores Of
electrical disks ana c. aims and belts from
Pulvermacher's down, and we are bound to do
clare thss the same principle Is involved in ala
of them. To claim that the chain OF Pulver.
macher emboiies any principle or exhibits any
power which Siebervs goods do not, il the
| sheerest folly. In this view we are abundantiy
sustained by many medical writers. That able
medical publication, the ''New York Physician
l ana HnnfMaClSt,' IN lC6 issue OF NUy0mD0R
last, speaks as follows: 'tThs Pulysrmacher
chain, which has received the distinguished
| appreciation Of Sir Charles Locoek and otheR
| European scientists. is largely used In I'm
gland, and, as tho ArmadillO performs the
| same functions and presents the same princi-
Piles, only in more convenient form. there is
NO reason why Il should not attain the ssms
celebrity here"
So far as we have examined and tested the
electric appliances Of many makers, we dis
cover no difference In power or Ia results.
Seibcrt's goods have some advantages; they
are Of very convenient shape, are easily ap.
piled ard comfortably worn, and are quitss
many sufferers from painful neuralgia afteo-
tions and distressing nervous disorders, who
assert that these articles OF seibert's-to which
he has given the general name Of "Voitaaa
Armadiilo"-have rendered signal and lasting
service. Physicians innumerabie nave era
ployed them and testify to their efficacy. They
are probably az good as anything Of the kind
can be, and Will do all that ought to be ex-
pected OF such appliances.
These Cincinnati belt people take great
pains, and occupy much space to show that
when HAL's JOURNAL says good VOID fol
| Seiberts goods, 1t does 1t In spite of the ad.
verse opinions Of writer's in tho POPULAR
ScIKN MONTHLY. and the PHILADELPHIA
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPoRTER. Thh
might all be true, and yet we should not con.
slider 1t our duty to adopt the conclusions d
persons who have not, it may be, given the
subject as careful investigation as Il has 10.
ceived at our hands. We fnd in ths
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY Of Maiol
1875, page 63s, an editorial ad-
mission that the allusions to the Armadillo II
| a previous issue were made without any diroci
knowledge Of the appliance. This IL. Of course
o complete retractiOn Of any previous criticisu3
upon tno instruments. The article In IL
PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RE-
fPORTEK was published In the absence of ths
editor, who had never even seen the ''Arma.
dillo." 1t was prepared by party in the in
terest Of u rival house. This was the statement
of the editor OF the REPORTER to another editoi
in New York. OF couise, loose statements thu
uttered will have little effect when Weighea
with mature ju. lgment, basod upon thouxnt-
full, intelligent and long continued investlgau
ton.
But this unhappiness on the part OF the Gin.
cinnati belt pers0nAgcs 10 matter OF no con.
| corn 10 the public. Suffering humanity onlp
| asks what it shall do to be saved from avoid.
able pain, and 1t is very likely to accept ths
answer which may be vouchsafed BY the txicS
and reputable. We utter no 'spufls;" the Ian
guagc OF fattery is dead tongue to u.s. We
try TO speak the truth, let IL help or harm who-
ever IT will. And with the simpls
thought uppermost in our minds that Mr. Sci
bert and his goods have been unjustly At
tackled, and that what we were impelied to say
In their behalf has been employed, after dis
tortion, 70 give credence and popularity TO q
device Of which we know nothing, we are im-
| PEELED to say tnat wo have found tho voitaie
Armadillo Il valuable appliance In those oasc1
In which continuons cieetrics' current ha1