The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18
voLTAIc ARMAD1LLo.
That Wicked Theft.

just as we go to press we receive copy oS
the Cincinnati DAILY STAR, containing an ads
vertisement which covers precisely half page
Of that paper, and which emanates from thG
"Volta Belt Company of Cincinnati. II ap.
pears that the ''yolta Belt Company" is trou-
bled because In our issue for January, 1916, WI
characterized their shameless distortion Of aa
editorial which we wrote in our number fos
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 tu
this Belt Company again, having already
stated in substance that we were compelled To
look with suspicion upon q concern which
could so far subvert our meaning by the omis-
sion Of important words when claiming to
quote our language, as to make us appear b
be bearing testimony to the value Of the appli-
ances which they manufacture. It matteM
very little what opinion these belt persons may
hold Of the JOURNAL; it is Of great Importance
to all right-minded men that our utterancaa
should not be wrested from their plain intent.
and made to seemingly foster and sustain tnaa
to US utterly unknown quantity, the Volta Beaa
Company Of Cincinnati.
The trouble appears to be that when We
discussed the subject Of electrical action and
its application to diseased conditions In ous
April, 1915, issue, we spoke some commendAs
tory words OF the appliances made by Mr.. K J.
Seibert, Of this city. These belts, and banda.
and shoe-soles we had used In several caseA
and from their use excellent results had fol.
lowed. We believe we were doing our readsx4
a real service in explaining the uses and ad-
vantages of these simple and inexpensive ins
struments, at time when, as never before.
the minds of the medical profession are active.
ly engaged in discussing the value Of the yari-
GUS methods Of inducing tho electrical phss
nomena, and employing the power Of thk
subtle and mysterious agent in the healing
processes. We have examined scores al
electrical disks ana chains and belts from
Pulvermaoher's down, and we are bound 10 de-
clare that the same principle is involved in aft
Of them To claim that the chain Of Puiyer.
macher embodies any principle or exhibits anx
sheerest folly. In this view we are abundantiF
sustained by many medical writers. That abis
medical publication, the s'New York Physician
and Pharmacist" in its issue OF November
EuIV6rmuEHHX
chain, which has received the distinguished
appreciation Of Sir Charles Loo0ck and othok
European scientists, is largely used In En-
gland, and, as the Armadillo performs thn
pies, only in more convenient form, there r.
no reason why it should not attain the same
celebrity here"
So far as we have examined and tested thu
electric appliances OF many makers, we dis
cover no difference in power or in result.
Seiberts goods have some advantages: tlIev
are Of very convenient shape, are easily an
piled and comfortably worn, and are auita
many sufferers from painful neuralgia aiiec-
tions and distressing nervous disorders who
assert that these articles OF Seiberts-to which,
he has given the general name Of 'svoltais
Armadillo"-have rendered signal and LASTING
| service. Physicians innumerable have ems
ployed them and testify to their efficacy. Thsu
are probably as good as anything Of the kind
can be, and will do all that ought to be OK
pected Of such appliances ~
These Cincinnati belt people take xreas
pains, and occupy much space to show thn1
when HALLS JOURNAL says good VOID f0S
Sebert's goods, it does 1t in spite of the ad-
SCIENCE MONTHLY, and the PHILADELPHIA
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPORTER. ThiI
might all be true, and yet we should not con
sider 1t our duty to adopt the conclusions a
sos as ShS SansiS 5 a. ESSss Sss %
ceived at our hands. We find in In
POPULAR soIENoE MONTHLY Of MarcS
ISIS. page esg, an editorial adj
previous issue were made without any dire3
knowledge Of the appliance. This IL. Of cour1e.
complete retraction of.any previous criticisss
upon tho Instruments. ihe article In III
PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL Rg-
PoRTKx was published in the absence Of III
editor, who had never even seen the sArms-
dillo.n 1t was prepared by party in the ~.
terest Of rival house. This was the statemagQ