The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-05
Order Issued Declares That it
is of No Value
ESTIMATED COST ABOUT So
Advertised to be Sold at From $25 to
$42 Each According to
Style

petrated on the New England public
has been detected by the Vermont
State Laboratory of hygiene Today
H. J. Preston, manager of the Yer
mont Oxygenator company will re-
ceive the following letter:
State of Vermont, State Board of
Health Laboratory of Hygiene, Warn
ing Notice Violation of Vermont
Pure Food Law, Laboratory No. &c.
493.
Mr. H. j. Preston, Mgr. Vermont
Oxygenator Co., Burlington, VT
You are hereby informed that the
following material: 20 o" Duplex oxy
genator obtained of you October 10,
1910, does not comply with the Yer
mont pure food law.
Remarks: Misbranded; claims on
label are misleading and extravagant.
Your. attention is called to regula-
! lions and sections 546T547l, chapter
226 public statutes violation of
the above renders you liable to pros
ecution.
Yours truly,
II d. Holton, NJ. D.
Secretary.
"Brattleboro, oct 81, lg10.o
This device which has been sold to
at least IS or so Vermonters for the
cure of almost any ailment that flesh
is heir TO, is described after labora-
tory analysis as follows:
The oxygenator proper consists of
a nickled cylinder, capped at each
end and bearing the Inscription 20 o
Duplex Oxygenator. Cures Diseases
by Oxygen The Oxygenator Co,
Buffalo, n. T.. 26Sl.'
AT the center of each end cap is
a threaded connection to which is at
tached covered wire cable similar
to incandescent lamp cord. AT their
other extremities these cords termi.
nate in metallic discs which are de.
signed TO fasten to the wrist or ankle
by means OF elastic webbing. When
IN use they are so attached that the
nlckie cylinder is placed In cod wat.
err.
THE cylinder consists of a piece of
brass pipe about five inches long and
having an inside diameter of about
one and three-eighths inches. The
end pieces or caps. slip down inside
the pipe about three-eighths of an
men and the pipe is crimped down
and soldered to them. Through the
center OF the cylinder runs a conner
rod which is screwed through and
projects beyond the outside of the
emu caps about one-fourth inch. form.
ing the terminals to which the wire
connections are screwed. There is
no attempt to insulate one part from
another, as they are securely solder.
ed together, which effectually prev
ehts undesirable exploration on the
part OF the curious.
The effect, II any must necessar
lily be electrical in nature TO make IL
sci felt through the medium of wire
cables. The material was according
~ submitted to tests at the engineer
ing laboratory of the University nj
vermont, which conclusively demon
strated that II was electrically inert
After the electrical test the oxy
senator was taken TO the universit,
machine shop and sawed apart n
such manner as TO disclose its In
eerlor completely. or the analyst.
made OF this substance the laborator,
makes the following statement:
The hollow interior surroundin,
the copper rod is filed with blacI
powder which analysis discloses I,
ne crude mixture OF inert substan
ces' apparently the waste or bv.nro
duct OF a manufacturing plant an,
ADDED, evidently to deaden the boiIov
metallic sound when the cylinder I,
struck ana no doubt also Intended I,
confuse the meddlesome inyestientor
AS TAR as any chemical effects ar,
\ concerned the tube might os we'll T.,
nIivu win sand or lamp black or lef
enurey empty. The powder Is
I rough mixture OF iron filings. clava
\ ula'erlai ana dark colored carbon
I aVeous mass. easily burned on nv co
: ,ao' with llame aud apparently noll
black "''' VI 'arpo
! From the foregoing Il can no ON,
understood that the oxyeenqtor
pngsically and therapeutically inc,
anu mat any results IL NAV nroduc
a are entirely due to the mental ono,
II On the user, which would no donht 4
y r".n enhanced by reading the cleve
n " written literature"
Il ar Preston has several agents ,
3 x Srk IN this section and an nm nm
4 uown the state people are using n
u salgeless and harmless device FOR
8 NaIley OF ailments. ranging fro
q su. uilatism to BARRIERS itch. II ls m
N uerstood that the oxygenator ia so
8 over q wide territory I'm the Fas,
z me prices range from s25 for n
NJ smallest size TO $40 for tho laree
3 SIZE gold plated with the owne,
Y ! name engraved thereon. An add
N ional charge OF S. is made WHOM =,
q outiit is sold on the installmen, ~
Vi II Is probable that the whoia ~ 49,,
y uOes not cost more than three dolls