[...]... have them believe in our truss; but, by being so suspicious, they lose far more than we; they lose the chance to get better, and probably the chance to get well We sometimes speak of the Cluthe Truss as the Cluthe Automatic Massager; both names are necessary if we would do our truss full justice But we have decided never to give up the word truss; in spite of the fact that its use makes it harder to. .. probably disarm much of the suspicion many people have against the word truss But we don't want to adopt any subterfuges And there are now so many people wearing Cluthe Automatic Massaging Trusses, or who have worn them until cured, that simply by one man recommending the Cluthe Truss to another the prejudice against the word truss is bound to be overcome in time ... the chance to get farther along; robbed them of money they might have made For no man can be at his best in any capacity if his rupture is bothering him the drain on the strength is too great It has interfered with the pleasures of thousands Deprived them of recreation, kept them from taking part in athletics, kept them from getting proper exercise because they have known of no way to escape the danger... to get people to believe our advertisements We don't want to fly under false colors We don't want to do any of the things done by those who have worthless trusses to sell; those who have cheap contraptions which they call "appliances," "methods," etc., in order to deceive ruptured people If we were willing to call the Cluthe Truss by some other name, we would probably disarm much of the suspicion many... the one aim of his life That led, later on, to the founding of the Cluthe Rupture Institute And there are now five of us—father and four sons For as we sons grew up, we were trained in our father's work in the field of rupture; and have become Members of the Institute We four sons have all had the benefit of our father's forty years of experience And the youngest of us has now had seventeen years of... article of some other kind— like clothing or shoes—they don't condemn everything similar This fear of anything called a truss has kept lots of people from answering our advertisements; lots of people, because of disappointing experience with other trusses, won't even take the trouble to investigate; give themselves no chance to find out about the merits of the Cluthe Truss We would like to have these people... 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 But in spite of all that, when taken in time, rupture is no longer a hard thing to get rid of Not Hard To Get Rid Of So easy to overcome... has ruined the health of hundreds of thousands, simply because they couldn't find anything that would do any good Kept them from The getting much enjoyment out of life, sapped their strength Misery It and vitality, left them more or less helpless, robbed them of the ability to provide for themselves and families Has Caused It has probably kept more people from doing their best work than any other one... profession Scientific treatment of the eyes and of the teeth have both become special professions; you'll find good oculists and good dentists in nearly every town But, in all America, the Members of the Cluthe Rupture Institute are probably the only men who have honestly and conscientiously taken up the scientific study and treatment of rupture as their exclusive profession There have always been plenty... 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 . w1 h1" alt="" Project Gutenberg's Cluthe& apos;s Advice to the Ruptured, by Chas. Cluthe & Sons This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at. Five Members of the Cluthe Rupture Institute