It has seized upon countless children; filled their days with suffering, robbed them of childhood's happiness.
Not Hard To Get Rid Of
But in spite of all that, when taken in time, rupture is no longer a hard thing to get rid of.
So easy to overcome that many ruptured people can now be cured while working.
And those who can't be cured, can at least, unless in the last stages, keep their ruptures from giving any trouble.
The main point about rupture is that it requires very different treatment than any other ailment humanity is heir to.
Medical treatment, as everybody knows, can accomplish nothing whatever.
Surgical treatment or operation, as later explained, is usually dangerous.
There remains only one means of relief. That is mechanical treatment.
Now, hundreds of methods of mechanical treatment—trusses, "appliances," etc.—have at different times been devised.