6071. Electro-Galvanic Apparatus.    (F.D.C. No. 41893.    S. No. 6-580 P.) 
QUANTITY :    50 devices and one carton of device accessories at Waltham, Mass. 
SHIPPED :    The devices were shipped on 8-20-56, from Hamburg, Germany, by
Actien-Gesellschaft, and the accessories were shipped on 11-5-57, from Ham- 
burg, Germany, by Caesar Kock Nachf.
LABEL IN PART: (Device) "Wolmuth-Zentrale * * * Original-Apparat No. 
125027" or "Elga 10093 Kosmetic Elga-Zentrale"; (ctn. of accessories) "Ham- 
mond & Montgomery * * * Boston/USA."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING:   Book entitled "Die Elektrogalvanische Heilkunde."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The article consisted of dry cells, a meter, and a 
variety of electrodes for applying galvanic current to all parts of the body.
LIBELED:    6-25-58, Dist. Mass.
CHARGE: 502(a)-when shipped and while held for sale, the labeling which ac- 
companied the device contained false and misleading representations that the 
device was an adequate and effective treatment for conditions of the eyes, uri- 
nary tract, chest, feet, elbow, gallbladder, palate, joints, throat, heart, larynx, 
liver, stomach, rectum, nasal passages, ears, kidney, prostate, spinal cord, and 
vertebral column; asthma, bronchitis, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, goiter, 
paralysis, and pain.
DISPOSITION : On 5-5-59, George WI A. Hammond, Duxbury, Mass., appeared as 
claimant. Thereafter, on 9-9-59, the Government filed written interrogatories. 
After the claimant failed to answer the interrogatories, a default decree was 
entered on 2-1-60, and the device was destroyed.