Learned the business under the old-fashioned German apprentice system; and got a mighty thorough training, as most men do over there.
When still a young man he came to this country; and in course of time, he started up for himself.
Now, nearly all surgical instrument houses—in those days same as now—make or sell trusses.
And Chas. Cluthe soon saw the utter worthlessness of all the trusses then in existence.
He Saw The Need For Something Better
He saw what a multitude of people were ruptured. Saw the great need for something better than ordinary trusses or appliances, something better than operation.
He decided that by supplying that need he could be far more useful than by manufacturing surgical instruments.
And from that day to this—now over forty-two years—the scientific study and relief of rupture have been 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.