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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21773, 12 October 1932, Page 2

DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS Many accidents, such, for instance, as a jerk or fall, cause rupture. Sometimes sneezing or coughing may do so; indeed, anything that causes an impulse on the abdomindl wall may bring about a rupture. A rupture, consequently, is nothing to be ashamed of; it is hot a disease, but merely an accident. Then why try to hide it? Many ruptured people try to hide their trouble; they buy a truss on the sly, but gradually, additional pads betray them, and the truth is divulged to all and sundry. A yisit to the specialist at the earliest stage of the trouble would have saved pain, discomfort, and humiliation. Mr A. W. Martin, rupture specialist for 32 years, may be consulted at his rooms, Samson’s Buildings, Dowling street, daily 10 to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 to 12 noon. A booklet on rupture and its treatment posted free to sufferers. —8/10/32. Tests of 23,000 school children in various European countries prove that 86.06 per cent, of them reacted in favour of war films, only 13.94 per cent, being opposed. Of the teachers concerned only one was opposed to war films.