RUPTURE.

Mataura Ensign, 9 March 1914, Page 5

RUPTURE.

Among t'.io habits of excessive toil to which the human family is subject, that whio!i tii' farm laborer has annually to hico, \iz., the tossing of sheaves to great h<\ ghts in the loading of waggons, et.-.j is perhaps the one which causes more cases of serious rupture thaji any other mode of employment. Though we mention this as a prominent cause of rupture, it must not bo overlooked that all violent muscular efforts-to procure the necessaries, comforts and conveniences of life, together with tho hereditary weakness under which our race labors, through a long line of ancestral transgressions, have developed a physical imperfection, both distressing and dangerous, styled hernia or rupture. In a race, physically strong we do not believe it could exist. Nor do we believe, even in the present type of feeble and depleted manhood and womanhood, it could exist if a proper system of physical training were carried out through childhood till the bodv was well knit or consolidated, so as to exclude all idea of weakness or want of strength. Such habits, which sound physiological instruction to our sons and daughters would produce, can alone banish this physical curse from our race, and substitute a better, purer and higher standard of physical perfection. We really think that sufferers from hernia living in the country should give this matter their earnest attention and,' even though it may occasion their taking a day or two off for the purpose, it would be well worth their while to do so for the sake of getting scientific treatment. Hundreds of persons of both sexes who have adopted this policy have left testimonials expressing their gratification at the result. Mr A. W. Martin, Sole Controller of the Dr J. A. Sherman method of treating rupture will ■- be at the Albion Hotel, Inyercargill, from the 13th to the 21st March, and, will *be at the Southland Hotel, Gore, on Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the 23rd, 24th. 26th, and 26th March, and may ibe consulted daily from 10 a.m. to 8 'p.m. Consultations are free. Booklet jon rupture and its treatment posted I free to any sufferer. ' 1611