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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17273, 27 March 1918, Page 7

"PAINFUL" NOT' THE WORD. Nowadays it is not strictly accurate to speak of " painful " operation's, 'Ilianks to scientific discoveries, ttie actual operation is undergone in a state of ami consequently there is absolute freedom lrom Operations (surgical) are, howevor, still dreaded because of the uncertainty attaching to them, and also bccausj of tne suffering unavoidable during tnc healing stage; and consequently it is impossible not to feel sympathy with a Duncdui citizen, who, having endured such suffering, now finds that a truss is still necessary ! Being asked why ho had submitted to operation when Mr A. W. Martin, the rupture specialist, could have cured him by mere skilful treatment, and without even the uso of an uncomfortable truss, ho s,mply replies: "'When 1 went to the operating table I did not know as much as T know now." But this is not really true In is gentleman did know of Mr Jiiartiii'e much - advertised successes, but he "doubted"! Ho doubted whom? Not merely the skill of one who has had moro experience in tho treatment of rupture than has any doctor in tho Scmthern Hemisphere but ho also doubted the veracity of the nmidrecis of persons who testify to comi)l"to cure at Mr Majbin'e hands! He, poor mail, is now suffering for his doubt, and so arc many others. Mr A. W. Martin has saved scores of men, women, and children lrom the operating table and from tho wearing 0 f objectionable trusses, and sufferers do well in consulting him at hie room-s Samson s Buildings, Dowling street, i lis hours are 10 to 12 noon, 2to 5 p.m.; w.iturdays, j.O to 12 noon. Send for Ixiokon ,I'npturc and its treatment, freo to any suflerer. ' Note.—The Shorman method has cured eases afler one two, -even five, operationn hare failed, and Mr A. W. Martin is pre--27/3/18. t0 taUtnltu thia statement.—