That is one reason why a rupture grows constantly worse when a leg-strap or spring truss is worn. Such trusses are a crime—wearing them is simply slow suicide.
We keep a record showing the history of every rupture we treat.
This record shows that every severe rupture with which we have had to deal has grown into a serious case solely through the wear of some form of the belt or spring truss.
Just judge of all this by your own experience. Probably, in spite of the trusses you've been wearing, your rupture has grown constantly worse instead of better.
And then—for the sake of comparison—just read some of the letters you'll find at the back of this book; see the verdicts of people who have had experience with both the Cluthe Truss and with other kinds.
Trusses Like These Are A Crime
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So-called "Appliances" are Usually Merely a Slight Adaptation of thisStyle of Truss—Merely the Most Worthless Kinds of TrussesMasquerading 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.