atest gravity.

TREATMENT.--Cutting and tying operations are exceedingly dangerous,
having frequently caused death; and even if successful, the testicles,
having their blood supply thus entirely cut off, waste away, and
Impotence certainly results. Prof. Chevillot, the great French surgeon,
was assassinated by a patient, in whose case he tied the veins on both
sides for a double Varicocele. Becoming totally impotent, on the very
eve of his marriage with a beautiful and accomplished young lady, this
man became desperate and attempted the surgeon's life.

To effect a cure, the following obstacles must be overcome:

_Weakness and bulging of the walls of the veins._

_Weakness and relaxation of the dartos muscle of the scrotum._

_Over-clogging and stagnation of blood in the veins._

_Healing and strengthening of the ruptured and relaxed valves of the
veins._

_Relief of the pressure and weight of the column of blood from above._

Suspensory Bandages are good, because they act as supports.

Astringent and Tonic Washes are good, because they strengthen the
weakened veins and muscles and heal the relaxed valves.

Proper Trusses are good, because they break the great pressure of the
blood from above, and act as do the valves in the veins in the groin in
health. Also, because they act directly on the disease in cases of
Varicocele of the Cord.

But neither one alone will cure a really serious case of Varicocele.
Combine them, however, properly and scientifically, so that you have the
practical outcome of these three sound principles of cure in the one
appliance, and

ANY CASE, NO MATTER HOW SEVERE OR HOW OLD, CAN BE PERMANENTLY AND
PAINLESSLY CURED.

Such a perfect and practical combination is to be found in the Elastic
self-adjusting and adjustable Cradle and Compressor, which has succeeded
in curing many very serious and (apparently) hopeless cases. Patented
and thoroughly protected from all infringements and imitations (and many
would-be ones, seeing our success and recognizing the merits of the
Cradle-Compressor, have lately sprung up), both in this country and
Europe, there is nothing like it. It combines all the good points of all
previous instruments, and being easy to wear, rapid and pleasing in its
results, and certain in its effects, is the only rational means for
radically curing this disease.

Briefly: It consists of a very light and elastic triangle of tempered
steel bands, that rests on the fron