5325. Niagara devices.    (F. D. C. No. 39678.    S. No. 56-387 M.)
QUANTITY : 5 Niagara Hand Units, 2 Niaffara Thermo-Cpclopads, 1 Deluxe Ni-
agara Thermo-Cyclopad with Niagara Hand Unit, and 1 Deluge Niagara
Thermo-Cyclopad without Niagara Hand Unit, at Minneapolis, Minn., in pos-
session of Ralph E. Dixon.
SHIPPED :   9-19-56, from Adamsville, Pa., by Niagara Midwestern Corp.
LABEL IN PART: (Metal box attached to Niagara Hand Unit) "Niagara
* * * Hand Unit Model No. 1 * * * Niagara Manufacturing and Dis-
tributing Corp. Adamsville, Penn. U. S. A."; (carton containing Niagara
Thermo-Cyclopad) "The New Niagara Thermo-Cyclopad * * * This car-
ton contains 1-Niagara Thermo-Cyclopad * * * Manufactured and dis-
tributed by the Niagara Manufacturing and Distributing Corp.   Adamsville,
Pa."; (metal box attached to the Niagara Thermo-Cyclopad) "Thermo-Cyclo-
pad Model 10."
ACCOMPANTING LABEUNG : Copies of a brochure designated "General Directions
For Use" and leaflets designated "Miracle of Science ... At Last . . . Two
of mankind's greatest healers" and "Miracle Science . . . Niagara Cyclo-
Massage."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The Niagara Thermo-Cyclopad consisted of a rec-
tangular pad with an electrical attachment at one end. The pad was approxi-
mately 2Sy2 inches long, 15? inches wide, and 1? inches deep. The electrical
attachment had a control box connected to it by means of electrical wiring,
and the control box had a connection for plugging into household current. In
operation, the pad could be heated by means of electric current, and it also
could be made to vibrate by means of its built-in electrical mechanism.
The Niagara Hand Unit consisted of a rounded metallic object approximately
10 inches long and 3? inches in diameter at the largest part. It had an elec-
trical wire connector and control box which, when plugged into the household
current, caused the unit to vibrate. The slender end of the Niagara Hand
Unit had a rubber cup attachment.
LIBELED :    11-15-56, Dist. Minn.
CHARGE: 502 (a)-the labeling accompanying the devices, when shipped, con-
tained false and misleading representations that the devices provided an
adequate and effective treatment for impaired circulation, arthritis, bursitis,
rheumatism, lumbago, numbness of the extremities, fibrositis, nervous tension,
muscle spasm, impaired muscle and joint mobility, insomnia, and renewing
one's life; and 502 (f) (1)-while held for sale, the labeling of the devices
failed to bear adequate directions foT use in preventing and overcoming cal-
cium deposits; in overcoming "locked joints" and sinus congestion; in enabling
diabetics to stop taking insulin; in overcoming prostate trouble, asthma, hay
fever, respiratory conditions, and baldness, which were the conditions for
which the devices were intended and for which they were recommended orally
by Ralph E. Dixon in promoting the sale of the devices.
DISPOSITION :   1-2-57.   Default-delivered to the Food and Drug Administration.