The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-24

That Wicked Theft.

From Halrs Journal Of Health. April, ss5s.f
just as we 90 to press we receive copy a
the Cincinnati DkHY STAR, containing an adj
Vertisement wiIfcti c6ters precisely nan pagz
Of that paper, and which, emafates from tha
"fOita Belt Companyf' Of Cincinnati. 1t ans
pears that the Volta Belt Company, is trous
oted because in our issue for January, 1875, we
fcnaracteFizet tneir ssafsssess distortion Of al
HedltorIaf which we wrote In our nnIiber fof
April, 1875. az "a Wicked Theft" and thai
Ethey now Seek 20 essabe the ~penaltt
always attaching tsiunfAif eonduys : bxsde.
lcrying the standing and influence of the 5oUK9
!iEAL oF HkzIF4s.a Wesdo not care 10 allvdsEts
this Belt Company agsin. having already
stated in sn bsanee thatave were compeIieata
look with suspicion upon concern whieh
could sofar subvertouEmeaniDgi By theomis.
sien Of. Important words when claiming To-
quote our language. as to make us appear to
be bear1nE testirioY 10 tue value OF the appli.
ances which they 1nanufRctare ftisnianasi
very little whet epihiOhthese belt persons Hfsyg
hold Of the joUBSAI,.i lii is Of great importaaea
itoal Tight-mindel men that eur futteranees
siiould net be wrested iffom their piafh intent,
and mTtie TO seemingly foster and sustain that
toas utterly ulknown quantity, the Volta Bel,
Company OF Cincinnati. '"s4A ti-t2i@s
The trouble appears to be that when va
discussed the subject Of electrical action and
its application to diseased conditions, in om
April, 1919, issue, We spoke some eommenda.
tory words of the appliances made by Mr.. L. j.
seibert, of this city. These .beItssand bands,
and shnp. aOlas u-a bol ;,,z
and from their use excellent results had fol-
lowed We believe We were doing our readea'
real service in Explaining the uses and adj
vantages OF these simple and inexpensive in.
struments, at time when, as never before,
the minds Of the medical profession are aetiye<
ly engaged in discussing the value Of the yarf-
Ons methods Of indueilg the electrical phe-.
nomena, and employing the power of this
subtle and mysterious agent in the healing
processes. We have y examined scores Of
electrical disks anq ciiainsE and belts from
Pulyermacher'sst stown. and we are bound to de-
clare that tue same principle is inyOlvedin all
of them. To claim that the chain of Puiver-s
maeher enib0dies any principle or exhibits any
power which SisDert,s goods do mot Is toe
sDeereSt folly. In this view we are abundantly.
sustained by maRy medical wrisars- That able
mrsleal pppIcat!en, ths New ferk Physician
and Phardiacist," in It's issue OF. Svyenber
last, speaks as follows: "rhe Puivefinschers
| cha3n, whicns has reeelved the dis inggisbed
appreciation OF sir Charles LocOck and other
european scientists, is La geiy nsed in En-
gland, and, rs the AfmniltO per orms tho
sarie fuhctIons and presents tie same fpFintf-s
Piles, only in u More conyenlens form. the o is
no reason why It should not attain the same
| celebrity here" -.-
II SO far as we have examined and tested the
| electric Appliances Of mang maker 5, we tbs
| cOyer no difference in power or in results.
Seiberts goods have some advantages; they
| pllea AID COIN iOrtably worn, and are Quits
| reasonable an prise We have seen q good
mauy sufferers from painful neural gIc aitec-
| tiOns and distressing nervous disorders. EhQ
assert that these articles OF SeIberts-to which
| he has given the general name of 'sV6itaie
| Amadulo' rendered signal ami lasting
| service. Physicians iDnuDIerable nave ems
p.Oyed them and testify to their efficacy. They
are probably as good as anything OF the kind
| can Ue, and will do all that ought to be ex-
peyted Of such appliances
These Cincinnati belt people take great
pains, aud occupy much space to show thai
when HALLS JOURNAL says q good WOtd f0r
SeIbert's goods, it does it in spite of the ad-
verse opinions Of writer's IN the PoPULAI
StIEN> MONTHLY. and, the PHiLADELPHII
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REP0RTER. This
might all be true amt yet we should not cons
sitter it OIlr duty to, adopt the coneiusIons oi
persons who have not, it may be, giyen tho
ceiyed at our hands We had in the
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY OF March
1915, page 6ss, an efiirsriai adj
llnfseien as-ahe ailHsions to tie 4rmadilIo in
a previous l5eN.H were maGe Nv thout AM direct
knowledge Of khe altt. nee .Th5s Is of- course
complete retlaction of ah =. sss
upon tc instruments The arsfals- Ia ~.
| IPnILADELPHIA MEBIGkL AND SURGICAL RF-
PORTEx was published In the lbsence of the
eaitor who had never even seen the .'Arma-
dillor It was, prepared by 4 party IN the in
terest OF 4 rival house. This MAS the statement
of the editor of the RrP0RrER to another editor
Lin New York. OF cou, &c, loose statements thug
uttered will have little effect when weighed
with a mature jTBigment, bsised upon thou snt-
ful, Intelligent and lopg-contiHued inyestiga-
ton.
But this unhappiness on the part of the Gin
cinnati bet persOaages Is matter OF no con-
cern To the public. suffering humanity only
ASKS whar it shall do 10 be saved from avoid
able pain. and it is very llkeiy TO accept the
answer which may be vouehsafed BY the tried
| and reputable. VI e utter no ''puifs;' the lam
; guage 0. fiatteryis a dead tongue TO u.s. We
Iry 10 speak the truth. let it help or harm who.
. ever is tMilI. And with the; simple
thought uppennost inloar minds that Mr.. oei-
bert and his goods have been uniustly at
tacked. and that what We were impelieu to say
| in then. oehaIf has been employed, after dis
tortion, to give credence and popularity to q
device Of which we know nothing, We arc i'm
| pelled to say tnat We have found the Voltaic
Armatlilla a valuable appliance in those cases
J In which continuous electrical current has
| seemed to be indicated. f & 4tisl ~