pliances" 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 states. Also druggists, before they
can fill prescriptions.

And, unless a man has made a specialized study of rupture-- unless he
has a thorough knowledge of it-- he should no more be allowed to sell or
fit trusses than a schoolboy should be allowed to practice medicine.

Ruptured people seriously risk their health when they trust their cases
to any one who hasn't made a thorough, specialized study of rupture.
That is almost as dangerous as having a prescription filled by an
inexperienced clerk, instead of by a registered pharmacist. For a wrong
truss can cause immense harm.

[Sidenote: Trusses Should Be Sold Only Under License]

When the time comes when trusses can be sold only under license, we'll
see most of the self-styled "Hernia Specialists" driven out of business.

We'll also see an end to the selling of "stock" trusses by general
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