It has made the lives of many women a burden; made it hard for them to
do their work or to enjoy social affairs; deprived many of them of the
blessings of motherhood.

It has seized upon countless children; filled their days with suffering,
robbed them of childhood's happiness.

[Sidenote: Not Hard To Get Rid Of]

But in spite of all that, when taken in time, rupture is no longer a
hard thing to get rid of.

So easy to overcome that many ruptured people can now be cured while
_working_.

And those who can't be cured, can at least, unless in the last stages,
keep their ruptures from giving any trouble.

The main point about rupture is that it requires very different
treatment than any other ailment humanity is heir to.

_Medical_ treatment, as everybody knows, can accomplish nothing
whatever.

_Surgical_ treatment or operation, as later explained, is usually
dangerous.

There remains only one means of relief. That is _mechanical_ treatment.

Now, hundreds of methods of mechanical treatment-- trusses,
"appliances," etc.-- have at different times been devised.

But most of them absolutely worthless.

For to perfect a beneficial mechanical treatment requires, in addition
to considerable mechanical ability, a thorough knowledge of rupture;
something few have ever taken the pains to acquire.

But here at the Cluthe Rupture Institute we have had over forty years of
day-after-day experience-- and successful experience-- in the study and
treatment of nothing but rupture. And this has given us a thorough
knowledge of the needs of ruptured people.

As with all the great discoveries which have done so much for suffering
mankind, there were many weary years of disappointment before we finally
perfected the simple mechanical treatment which has since brought
complete recovery to thousands.

And, as shown in the following chapters, this simple, inexpensive way to
relieve and overcome rupture is within the reach of every sufferer.

Moreover, as explained on page 65, every sufferer can easily prove its
merits by trying it sixty days at our risk.

_+Our Forty Years of Experience+_

Day After Day We Have Dealt With Every Form and Condition of Rupture

Like his father and grandfather before him, Chas. Cluthe, founder of the
Cluthe Rupture Institute, made his start in life in the Surgical
Instrument business.

Learned his trade in the old country-- over in Germany, where the
world's finest surgical instr