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pture has grown constantly worse instead of better.
And then-- for the sake of comparison-- just read some of the letters you'll find at the back of this book; see the verdicts of people who have had experience with both the Cluthe Truss and with other kinds.
+Trusses Like These Are A Crime+
[Illustration: Common Elastic, or Belt Truss (Single)]
So-called "Appliances" are Usually Merely a Slight Adaptation of this Style of Truss-- Merely the Most Worthless Kinds of Trusses Masquerading under Misleading Names.
The only way to give leverage to the pad is to tighten up the belt and the leg-straps. The tighter they are, the farther they pull the pad away from the rupture opening. The leg-straps pull the pad down on the pelvic bone, where its pressure squeezes the life-giving spermatic cord.
Whenever the wearer coughs, sneezes or is under strain, the bowels leave their natural position, working out and in through the rupture opening (due to flexibility and stretching of straps), and the bowels when out are repeatedly pressed between the pelvic bone and the pad.
The Cruel Spring Truss
[Illustration]
It is impossible to keep the spring truss in position. Due to the force of the springs around the waist, the pads dig against the pelvic bone with terrible pressure, sapping the vitality. The previous chapter shows how most ruptures grow constantly worse when trusses like these are worn.
[Illustration]
Dotted lines in lower illustration show Spring Truss coiled up before applied. Try to hold springs apart as when on the body as shown for half a minute. Then you will know what criminal pressure the spring truss gives.
+Law Should Stop the Sale of Drug Store Trusses+
We believe the day will soon come when laws will be passed forbidding any one either to fit or sell trusses without a legal license.
Just as physicians, surgeons and dentists must all have licenses. So must oculists and opticians, in most