result.

These troubles can be remedied only by removing the cause-- only by
discarding the harmful truss.

The Cluthe Truss soon overcomes such complications. We have countless
letters-- from people formerly suffering from such troubles brought on
by wrong trusses-- telling how the Cluthe Truss has given them a new
lease on life-- made them feel many years younger.

Among patients who came to us wearing spring trusses, we have often
found evidence of injury to the spine.

For such trusses press against the spine-- the delicate center of the
nervous system-- just as cruelly as they dig into the abdomen and the
pelvic bone in front.

And frequently, when patients came to us wearing belt trusses, we have
found the tender skin all cut and bruised where the belt fits around the
body. And nearly always the cruel leg-straps had made the wearer's legs
raw and sore.

The sufferer who wears a truss like these can scarcely have a moment's
comfort.

Thousands of belt and spring trusses have been thrown away by new
patients at our Institute, after we had fitted them with Cluthe Trusses.

And among all these discarded trusses we have never found one that could
be properly adjusted-- the pressure couldn't be properly regulated.

There is by far too much pressure at times when only slight pressure is
needed.

And, at times of strain, when more pressure is needed, there is no
increase in pressure to meet that need.

This unregulated pressure tends to _stretch_ the weakened muscles at the
point of rupture-- distends and enlarges the opening.

That is one reason why a rupture grows constantly worse when a leg-strap
or spring truss is worn. Such trusses are a _crime_-- wearing them is
simply slow suicide.

We keep a record showing the history of every rupture we treat.

This record shows that every severe rupture with which we have had to
deal has grown into a serious case solely through the wear of some form
of the belt or spring truss.

Just judge of all this by your own experience. Probably, in spite of the
trusses you've been wearing, your rupture 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 "Ap