The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-18
ELHCTRIC REMEDY.
That Wicked Theft.

From HalPS journal OF Health, April, 1851
just as we 90 to press we receive q copy Of
the Cincinnati DAILY STAR, containing an adS
yertisement which covers precisely hilf apags
Of that paper, and which emahates from tha
volta Belt Company" Of Cincinnati. It ap-
pears that the .Volta Belt Company" Is tFou-,
Bled because IN our isstc for January, 1875, we
characterized their Shameless distortion Of, an
editorial which we wrote in our number fcE
April 1875, as IA Wicked Theft" ana shat
they now seek to escape the E penalty
always attaching to unfair conduct, by de-
cryingthe standing and influence Of the jour-
NAL or HEALTH. We do not care to allude ia,
this Belt Company again, having already
stated in substance that we were compelled TO
ldok with suspicion upon q concern which
couldso far subvert our meaning by the onis-I
son of important words when claiming I'd
quote our language, as to make us appear Ia
| be bearing testimony to the value Of the appli-
ances which they manufacture. 1t matters
very little what opinion these belt persons May
| hold of the JOURNAL; IL 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 that
/
| 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, 1876, issue, we spoke some eommentla-
| tory words OF the appliances made by MIR. H ..
seibeft Of this city. These beIts, and bands,
and shoe-sdIcs we had used in several cases,
and from their use excellent results had fol-
lowed We believe we were doing our reafefs
q real service in explaining the uses and ad-
vantages of these simple and inexpensive in
| struments, at q time when, as never before,
| the minds of the Medical profession are active
| ly engaged in discussing the value of the vari-
GUS methods Of Inducing the electrical phe.
nomena, and employing the power Of this
subtle and mysterious agent in the healing
processes. We have examined scores Of
electrical disks ana CHAINS and belts from
Pulvefmacher's down, and weareDound to de-
clare thar the same principle is involved in oil
Of them. To claim that the chain Of Pulver.
macher embejies any principle Or exhibits any
sseerest folly. In this view we are abundantiy
snstained by many medical writer's. That able
medical publication, the New York Physician
and Pharmacist" in Its issue OF November
lus3t, bptdh6 NIB lU11uNes T'IHS t-utNGftnAcAGE
chain, which has received the dis inguished
appreciation Of Sir Charles LocuCk anu other
European scientists, Is Ia gely used IN En-
gland, and, as the ArmadlilO per orms tha
same functions anu presents the same pYinci-
pies, only in more convenient form, the g is
no resson why 1T should not attain the same
celebrity here"
So far as we have examined and tested the
electric Appliances Of ntahy makers, we dig.
cover no difference In power or In results
Seibert's goods have some advantages; they
are OF very convenient shape, are easily ap-
pited ard comfortably worn, and are qmts
reasonable i'll prize. We have seen good
many sufferers from painful neuralgic affecs
tions and distressing nervous disorders, who
assert that these articles of seIberGs--to wi hlch
he has given the general name OF "VolLaid
Armadiiion-haye rendered signal AMI lasting
service. Physicians inpumerabie cave em..
ployed them and testify TO their efficacy. They
are probably g as geodM M as aMnythins n Of the kind
can De, and Will 90 all that ought to be ex.
These Cincinnati belt people take great
pains. and OCCUPY much space 10 show tnaf
when HALLS JOURNAL says COED wo d fof
Seibert's goods, it does it In spite OF the ad.
verse opinions Of writers in the POPULAR
81 LEM u MONTHLY. and the PHiLADELPml
MEDIcAL AND SURGICAL REPoRTER. Thit
might wi be true, andyet we should not con.
slider it our duty to adopt the conelusion oi
persona who have not, IL may be, gwen the
subject as careful Investigation as Il has ie.
ceived at our hands. We flsfd in thu
fOPULAH pGlEhDE AOhTHhX OF MafcE
t1S7a, page 68y, ~ an editoriab adj
mission that the illusions to the Amnadiil0 In
Il q previous issue were made without any direct
i knowledge of the appliance. This is, Of course
d acomplete retractfon Of any previous Criticism
upon Ttno Instruments. Iale article In the
tRaiLADELRHIA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL, HE.
PORTRh was published In the absence Of the,
editor, who had never even seen the . sArmas
est Of Mss Ros ssf ss 5 n
Of che editor Of the HEP0RTER to another eiitoI
In New York. OF course, loose statements thui
uttered will haye little effect when weighed;
with d mature. juLg gment, based upon tilonx lts
~, inteliigent and long-continned inysstfxas
tBut this unhappiness on the part Of the Gin.
cinnati belt personages 10 d matter OF no cor.
Icern 10 the pubfics Suffering humafity onIr
aska what ir shall do 10 be saved from nvossts
able pain. and it Is very likely to accent tha
1 apewef which may be v0uchsafed byI m titri.S
and repptable.a Ne utter. no sspufs :, tla Ias,ys
| guage o. iattery is q dead tongue to na' W.
try 10 speak- the truth, ietit help or harm w
/ even lit will. And with, the istn,IsIS
i thought uppermost In our minds that M - skif
| bert and his goods have been .,IfIostfv a..
taqked. and that what We ewereimpeifed u say
~ their behatf has been employed, Taftkr Sis.
tortiops so,Kive credence and popularity t01a
| deyiceof which we know n0Ihing wa are ims
peiivd " say that we have found the V0ltai1
Arma!iillo valuable appliance in those casea
IN which q continuous electrical current shaa
seemed TO be luuieatel. PCS VIEW Y y Z =