For the Cluthe Truss keeps the rupture from coming out, takes all danger out of work or exercise, takes all strain off the weak ruptured parts, rests them, and-- by automatically ma.s.saging them-- daily strengthens them.

As the result of this constant hold and in constant strengthening, rupture is not likely to give any more trouble from the day a Cluthe Truss is put on. Just as weak eyes won't bother you any more after you get the right kind of gla.s.ses.

[Sidenote: Does More for Rupture Than Gla.s.ses do for the Eyes]

The Cluthe Truss or Cluthe Automatic Ma.s.sager is the only truss in existence that can be depended on to do for rupture what good gla.s.ses do for the eyes.

In the majority of cases, it does far more.

About all that gla.s.ses can do is to keep the eyes from getting worse-- take the strain off them-- rest them, so they won't be further weakened.

No one expects gla.s.ses to _cure_ weak eyes, no one expects them to improve the sight so much that gla.s.ses won't need to be worn.

But the Cluthe Truss, in many cases, _does_ cure rupture.

You will see proof of that by reading some of the letters at the back of this book.

And in those cases where it doesn't result in complete cure, it almost invariably makes the rupture better. If it doesn't do that, we are always ready to refund the purchaser's money, as fully explained in a later chapter.

_+X-Ray View of Cluthe Truss+_

Note that there is no Belt, Elastics or Spring around the Waist, and no Leg-Straps

[Ill.u.s.tration]

This Truss Can be Worn in the Bath, or when Swimming-- All Parts Are Water-Proof

This X-ray view shows how simple the Cluthe Truss is-- how few parts it has-- its freedom from uncomfortable "harness"-- and just how it looks when on.

This view is taken from above-- what is called a "Bird's Eye" view. The rear pads (Suction Pads) are level with the pads in front (the Automatic-Acting Holding or Rupture Pads), though they seem higher in the picture.

Bear in mind that the frame you see in the picture is no way a spring or belt or band. It leaves the hips and spine free-- doesn't press against the body at any point. (This is shown more clearly by the Cross-Section View on page 58.) The Suction Pads in the rear-- which rest lightly on the rump-- hold the truss in proper position, keeping it from slipping, shifting or moving the least bit out of place. The only purpose of the frame is to connect the Suction Pads with the Rupture Pads in front, so the truss can hold you together.

The truss shown here is for a severe case of right-side Groin or Scrotal Rupture. Has Automatic-Acting Holding or Rupture Pad on the ruptured side, and a free-acting Protection Pad on the side not ruptured, thus protecting the well side against strains, etc.

For Double Groin Rupture, another Holding Pad would be fitted where the Protection Pad is shown here.

The Cluthe Automatic Holding Pads are made in over 115 different shapes and sizes, and are selected as the severity and nature of each case may demand.

We determine the true nature and real needs of the case from the answers given to the questions on our Order blank, and then shape frame of truss so hips and spine will be left free from pressure, and select Rupture Pad or Pads of the right size and shape, and "set" or adjust the truss so it will be self-regulating in the way necessary to automatically seal the rupture opening to give proper support, and to hold the rupture properly in place.

_+The Special Advice You Get in Connection with the Cluthe Truss+_

In every case, we give our complete _Professional Services_.

[Sidenote: Like Being Under a Physician's Care]

Just as the physician gives thorough study and attention in connection with the medicine he prescribes.

Our Professional Service gives you knowledge of your trouble, based on Nature's laws, mechanical laws and common sense, which we have learned during our forty years of day-after-day experience.

As a part of our Professional Services, we give Special Instructions-- confidential advice-- based on the individual needs of each case.

This confidential advice has to do with your general health, the length of time you have been ruptured, and other conditions having a direct bearing on your rupture.

All this costs you nothing extra. And our Special Instructions and Advice are no trouble whatever to carry out.

_+Showing How the Cluthe Truss Can't Rub, Hug, Pinch, Squeeze, Chafe, Bind or Irritate+_

[Ill.u.s.tration]

Cross Section View, showing how the frame of the Cluthe Truss doesn't press against the body at any point. The Cluthe Truss comes in contact with the body only at the rupture opening (where the Holding Pads support the rupture)-- and at the rear, where the Suction Pads rest against the muscles of the rump.

While the frame doesn't press against the body, it fits so closely around the body that the truss won't "show" in any way under the clothes-- no one can tell you have a truss on. Won't even "bulge" a woman's corset-- won't interfere with the corset. Many acrobats wear this truss under their tights when performing, yet no one can see any sign of it.

_+Showing the Simplicity of the Automatic-Acting Rupture Pads and of the Ma.s.saging Device+_

[Ill.u.s.tration]

Ill.u.s.tration at left shows Holding Pad in normal position.

When you cough or strain, your abdomen naturally expands, pushing upper end of pad (where finger points in ill.u.s.tration at right) outward, thus forcing the lower part of pad (where arrow points) in against rupture opening. Because of this automatic action of the Holding Pad, your rupture can never come out.

[Ill.u.s.tration]

The simple mechanism shown on the inside of this pad-- a device so small it would almost go in a watch case-- is what makes the Cluthe Holding or Rupture Pad automatic in its action (self-adjusting, self-regulating).

And at the same time, this little device causes the Holding or Rupture Pad to give the strengthening _ma.s.sage_ to the weak ruptured parts-- all _automatically_ or _mechanically_, like the running of a watch. But-- unlike a watch-- this ma.s.saging device doesn't need to be wound up-- never needs any attention whatever; and also unlike a watch, so strong and simple that it can never get out of order-- never fail to work properly.

_+Forms and Conditions of Rupture+_

The ill.u.s.trations on following pages show various stages of the four common varieties of abdominal Rupture.