5895. Vimulator device.    (F.D.C. No. 42TT6.    S. No. 24-694 P.) 
QUANTITY :   20 devices at Glendale, Calif.
SHIPPED:   9-10-58, from Portland, Oreg., by the Bullock Vimulator Co.
LABEL IN PART : "Wings For Your Feet The Vimulator Timesaving Exerciser 
for the Foot * * * Manufactured by Bullock Vimulator Co. P.O. Box 4963, 
Portland, Oregon."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Leaflets entitled "Six Magic Vimulator Footsteps," 
"Footprints-Good News," "Mother Nature-The best surgeon," "Manipula- 
tive Technique," "The Vimulator System," "Get Acquainted with your Feet I," 
"Bunions! Callouses!," "Foot Trouble," "More Proof," and "Foot Chart."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Examination showed that the article was a covered 
hardwood platform or board, padded with sponge rubber. The sponge rubber 
was firmed with hard rubber to form three bumps in the contour of the device.
LIBELED :   1-12-59, S. Dist. Calif.
CHARGE: 502(a)-the labeling accompanying the article, when shipped, con- 
tained false and misleading representations that the article was an adequate 
and effective treatment for raising fallen or broken arches; relieving and 
correcting bunions; removing causes of tender, sore feet, warts, callouses, 
and soft corns; restoring misplaced instep bones and tendons; improving 
circulation so as to be beneficial in eases of swollen ankles, cramps, varicose 
veins; reducing danger of falls; building a better balance and posture; 
eliminating cramps; streamlining the ankle and leg; realigning arch bones; 
relieving congestion in the foot; improving foot nourishment and bone repair; 
removing waste material between joints; straightening the spine; relieving 
backache; reducing legs, hips, and abdomen; and relieving pain of calcium 
spurs.
DISPOSITION: 2-5-59 and 2-25-59. Default-delivered to Food and Drug 
Administration.