RUPTURE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16550, 14 May 1914, Page 4

RUPTURE.

It cannot bo too thoroughly insisted upon that tho reason why tho wearing of a truss does not cure rupturo is because the principle upon which the truss works absolutely prevents healing. Tho pressure directed by a truss is simply meant to withstand the pressure from within, and when it fails to do so the pad has to bo enlarged, till the wearing becomes not merely unsightly and cumbersome, but also painful in the extreme. The Dr J. A. Sherman method of treating rupturo is diametrically opposed to the truss method, for, instead of exerting! the downward "spreading" pressure, which absolutely prevents healing, by pushing the ruptured wall nr.art, it cures by exerting an upward " contractile" pressure, holding th» injured membrane in such a way that the r,arts must unite, and healing becomes possible; and such healing is aided by a useful adjunct in the form of a curative compound. The result is startling—not to tie patient who h*3 long prayed for such reasonable treatment, but to those (even in the medical profession) who have everlastingly preached or believed that rothing but a severe operation could possibly extirpate the rupture.

That under tho Sherman treatment a rupturo is gradually reduced and finally disappears has been proved in cases of 10, 20, 30. -10 and even 50 years' standing. Mr A. "\V. Martin, solo controller of the Dr J. 'A. Sherman treatment, is now in Chrtetchurch. and may be consulted free at Warner's Hotel, to Saturday, the 16th o* Mav. Hours, daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 2 p.m. to G. Send for Lcoklet, " Rupturi and its Treatment"; it is posted free to anr sufferer. 19S8