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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XVII, Issue 1789, 28 October 1896, Page 1

THE LATEST INVENTION. ; OKULL'S OKONITE TRUSSES FOR f* HERNIA (RUPTURE) (especially for Travellers, Colonists, and Residents ia Tropica) Climates). * AWARDS-Gold Medal, Paris Bxbibi» liqn ; (t889). Gold Medal, Worlds Fair W. - V .-' ■ ■ ' , ; -W> - Chicago (1893), Skull's Okonite Trusses for Rupture are m all respects the most perfect and unique instruments evtr offored to the public aa medic*! supports and remedial appliances for any form of Rupture or Internal Prolapse These trusses ate of ■ 'he best possible manufacture, ihey are self-adjusting, light and comfortable. Tho external surface bfiog completely covered with a non absorbent malarial (Okonite), ot a fleeh colon', resembling ivory tbev . cannot be detected when . bashing ; ih^ y are absolutely impervious to uaoisiuro, perspiration and the acid excretions of tbe skin, cunuot rust or get out of order, cause no cutaneous irritation, will hold eecareiy auy aizs protrusion without pain, may be washed when necessary wilb impunity, and can therefore be worn any length of lime" m any dluna.te without becoming offensive, as ia the 'case wilb those constructed with leather, elastic ' and otht r objsc- J tionable materials of a porous character. ■ _ N : Skull's Okonite Trusses for Rupture weigh only a few ounce?, and being, practically indestructible can be guaran teed to last a lifetime, thus involving no farther expense to the purchaser beyond first cost, and the undoubted advantages they pomess over every other T'usa extant constitute them as absolutely the best, and and therefore the cheapest, that can be prooured. The frllowing are a few extracts from the leading medical Journals:— Tbe Lancet— Skull's Okonite Trusses are the most effective we have ever noticed. Bait Medicul Journal —They are scien» tifically constructed, and give perfect *upporc m aU c«fe|; Medicul Press and Circular— Will no dcubt come in.o general use. '"'-'.' Iluslrated Medical Nsws— We cm wnb every confidence -recommend them to all suffarers from hernia (rapture) and J prolapsus. .A Thousands of unsolicited testimonial^ fiom alt parte of the world. M NOTICE.— I employ no travellers J9 agents, and they are only supplied direct, packed m wood cases, with plain address labels, by. return of mail on receipt of P.O. order or bank draft made payable o THEODORE SKULL, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. w maranq S kail's New Okonite Trasses faotured m three distinot qualities at the following prices-- ; Best Mcd 0 qlty qlty qlty Single truss, .for right or left eide 45s 6d 35s 6d 25a 6d each . - Double Truss for both "? ■ - ■ < each .'... 91s fc7ls 51s '..'.■• ' Measurements required— The entire' circumference round the body two inchea below the top of the hips ins line with 'f the rrotruoiop. Stale if tho ruptures is on . the risbt, left or both sides, or at the naval, and ab.-ut the size of protrusion, and any special characteristics of tbe displaceaaenf. THEOD O RE S.EU L L. SUBGIOAL INSTRUMENT MANUh W . FACTUREB, SUAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON vV., ENGLAND. (Two minutes walk from Picoadilly • Oxford and Cambridge Circuses). » V |V. (Established 1863./' V w Matiufaolnrer of all kinds of Surgiba tl ! ._. '..'■; - _ ,";■■ .-■ iy* Instruments, Trasses, B Its, Obstttrifcl W j Binders, Elastic Stockings, Knee -..Ospß^: Anklets, Suspensory Bandages, Enomal|| Syrjngeß, Pessaries, Rubber Gpod% ;^S^|i fojl particulars mailed free, ; vwT^^^i