J.L. Pulvermacher's patent portable hydro-electric voltaic chains : Sold by J. Steinert, sole agent, no. 568 Broadway, New York.

  • Pulvermacher, J. L.
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[1853]
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Credit: J.L. Pulvermacher's patent portable hydro-electric voltaic chains : Sold by J. Steinert, sole agent, no. 568 Broadway, New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lap have observed that a premium of 50,000 francs will be awarded to the perfector of electricity, and rtle- solvfd this question, by his apparatus, through which the application of the Voltaic Pile can be made familiar, and of a precious advantage/' [Extract of a letter of Emanuel Roche, M.D., Paris, published in the u Eevue Clinique.''] We freely acknowledge that these Chains are an inexhaustible source of electricity. We really must confess that we have had results of them which touch the marvellous ; but it is necessary that our brethren in science, practice and judge for themselves. The invention of Mr. Pulvermacher is a real and considerable progress. We can certify that it is a great point obtained in science. We cannot but express our desire, that our brethren might engage and occupy themselves with this mysterious science, Which certainly will accomplish still the most curious, and perhaps the most useful, discoveries which will be open for human speculation. And in £heir name, we advise the inventor to sell his apparatus at the very lowest price, and that he may bear in mind that the economical application of electricity in the medical practice, is oxe condi- tion for the premium of 50,000 francs, offered by our government to all Savants of the world. [Extract of a letter of Monsieur Sainte Preuae, published in the journal LTndustrie,' Xo. 12. The success of Mr. Palvermachers Chains is founded on the real and evident value of their appa- ratus, as well as on their low price, comparing them to the value of other medical electric appanitus- we say; and, indeed, the experiments daily made with them in Paris, to anyone who visits the stores of Mr. Meinig, who is sole agent here for this invention, permit the most ignorant person to convince himself that their apparatus develops, quickly, sufficient electricity, and abundantly too, to pro- duce in the human body those continuous commotions, quick and vibrating, which are vindicated by the medical profession/ After having witnessed these experiments, every one will be convinced of the possibility of a happy medical eniploj-ment of this small and ingenious contrivance. [Extract of a letter of M. F. Eouboux. M. P., on the Hydro-Electric Chains, published in the LHlustration ue Paris/' By the simple arrangement (of diminishing or multiplying the number of links, or the power of the acid) the intensity of the Galvanism may be regulated to any degree, which is of the highest importance in medical practice. A further advantage of these Chains is that they adapt themselves to any part of the body, so that the influence of electricity may be limited to any suffering part.'' GERMANY,' Austria, Prussia, Saxony, &.ci3 &c„ I, the undersigned, do hereby certify, that the Hydro-Electric Chains of Mr. Pulvermacher may be applied with the greatest advantage in all cases wherever electricity may be indicated. OPP0LOZER, M. P., Physician to the Court, Head Physician to the Principal Hospital at Vienna (Allgemeines Krankenhans) &c, &c. ^ The trials which were made by the undersigned, during several*rnonths, with the Hydro-Electric Chains of Mr. Pulvermacher, in those cases of Chronic Rheumatism, as well as in those paralytic forms of disease originating in them, have sufficiently shown that this effect on the human organi- zation is not only very invigorating, but that their curative power was also a corresponding one. JAEGER. M.D.. Professor and Directing Physician in the Clinique for Diseases of the Eyes, in Vienna, &c, &c, Similar testimonials have been signed by : Prof. Pieschel, Prof. Merbaeh, Councillor of Medicine, Midler, Prof. Gunther, Dr. H. E. Eichter. Dr. Heidenreich. Dr. Schmalz, &c. &c. EXTRACTS. [Dr. Heideureich in his reports on the progress in Therapeutical Physics.] •' J. L. Pulvermacher, at Vienna (Mariahilf, Xo. 37), sells Hydro-Electric Chains which really pro- duce a great deal of electricity. * * * * '• I have succeeded with these Chains in deflecting the needle of the Galvanometer, in decomposing water, in the solution of (Jodkalium),in the reduction of the nitrate of protozyde of Mercury, and oxyde of silver, in obtaining contraction of the prepared frogsley, and on my own forehead I observed the pricklibg sensation as a result of these Chains. Being in this manner physical and physiological real Electro-Motors, these Chains may easily be brought into use in Therapeutic application Indeed, Tiicse Chains excited at the place where the current is interrupted by the' glass cylinder, and passes through the body, red spots like small blisters, and showed decided effect in cases of Rheumatism, where I applied it,:: &c, &c, &c. [Extract from the Feuilleton der deutschen (German) Clinique,1' of the 13th March, 1S52.] [Tested together with Drs. J aim, Dietzel, Schmitt, professors of Physics and Mechanics, at the Uni- versity and Polytechnic Institution at Zittau (Saxony),, by Dr. Euchenmeister, at Zittau.] With nfttffl to til lltost*^ Hht-vr.^rhi-r:-. tiv,'.-,,-. A-i^nc =>•:,:• | »ggf ef Hfena •
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