Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured

In a good many ways, rupture is one of the world's most terrible burdens.
It is almost as common as poor eyesight.
And the cause of far more trouble, far greater suffering and worry.
For, while it's easy enough to get glasses that will improve the sight , only a small proportion of the vast host of sufferers have ever been fortunate enough to find anything that would even keep rupture from growing worse.
And about all a doctor can do is to suggest an operation.
Though there are plenty of good physicians, plenty who can conquer other ailments, there are mighty few who can do anything whatever for rupture.
But that is no fault of the physicians.
Medical Treatment is Powerless
This affliction, like trouble with the eyes or teeth, falls entirely outside the physician's province; for medicines, the physician's chief means of cure, are utterly powerless either to relieve or overcome it.
And, unfortunately, scarcely one sufferer in a hundred knows of anyone else to turn to, with the exception of the surgeon, after finding that physicians can give no relief.
For the proper treatment of rupture has received little attention as a specialized profession.