The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1919, Page 12

1 ENS LET She RO HRD ape A ae THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919. : [fa] t . 4 Free Yourself of Rupture Without Pain, Operation or Loss of Time pus remarkable offer is published for the benefit of all who are ruptured and to save them from wearing painful makeshift trusses that do not cure. — We gladly send our remarkable patented Appliance ON TRIAL to prove that it holds the rupture back, keeps it in place, prevents it coming down or slipping out and finally assists Nature to heal up the rupture. No man or woman ever can look and feel his or her best while suffer- ing the torment, pain and discomfort of rupture. Every day you suffer fromrupture —every hour of truss torture that you endure—after you read this page is your own fault. For many years we have been tell- ing you that no makeshift truss will ever help you. We have told you about the harm ill-fitting trusses are doing. We have told you that the only truly comfortable, sanitary and scientific } device for holding rupture is the Brooks Rupture Appliance. Now we offer to prove it to you, __ entirely at our risk. We will send you a Brooks Rupture Appliance on trial. If you really want to be rid of your rupture fill out the coupon below and mail it today. Instead of wearing a steel spring or inflexible harness, try the velvet- soft Brooks Appliance. ‘Instead of the old hard or stuffed pad, use the soft automatic air-cushion of a Brooks Appliance. The Brooks Appliance clings to you with- out force and you are hardly conscious of its presence. But above all else, it HOLDS always. Within an hour after you receive the Brooks Appliance, if you take advantage of this remarkable trial offer, you will throw away your truss forever. Over 685,000 People Have Accepted This Offer. Why Not You? Doesn’t that provethat the Brooks Appli- ance is not an experiment but a positive suc- cess—that it does all we claim for it? Among these 685,000 men, women and children there must be hi whose condition was identical with yours. Can you afford not to investigate and satisfy yourself when it costs you nothing to prove what the Brooks appliance will do for you? This wonderful device is a triumph of sci- entific and mechanical genius, the outcome of more than 30years’ experience, and the re- Mr. C. E. Brooks, Inventor of the Appliance. Mr. Brooks cured him- self of rupture over 30 years ago and patented the Appliance from his personal experience. If ruptured, write TODAY to the Brooks Appliance Company, Marshall, Michigan. . sults accomplished by its use are little short of miraculous. Many .hundreds of physicians and sur- geons recommend the Brooks Appliance and condemn makeshift trusses as more harm- ful and dangerous than any other method of retaining and treating rupture. Thousands of people have written us testifying to the amazing results they have secured from this great invention. Many of these people live right in your vicinity and we will be glad to send you copies of their thankful letters if you will ask for them when you write. Men, Women and Children Find the Brooks Appliance Equally Effective. No matter if your rupture is old and se- vere or only recently developed, no matter if you are young or old, you should not fail to profit by this No-Risk Trial Offer. _ No other rupture support, truss, lock, de- vice, pad or plaster is offered to the public under so broad a guarantee of satisfaction. If for any reason whatever you do not wish to keep the Brooks Appli- ance after you try it, send it back: You don’t have to give any reason. You are to be the sole judge. There will be no argument, no dispute or misunderstanding. Ten Reasons Why You Should Accept This Offer 1. It is absolutely the only Appli- ance embodying the principles that inventors have sought after for years. 2. The Appliance for retaining the rupture cannot be thrown out of po- sition, pe . 8. Being an air cushion of soft rub- ber it clings closely to the body, yet never blisters or causes irritation: 4. Unlike ordinary so-called pads, it is not cumbersome or ungainly. ’ 5. It is small, soft and pliable, and positively cannot be detected through the clothing. 6. The soft, pliable bands do not give the unpleasant sensation of wearing a harness: 7. Nothing to get foul; it can be washed without any injury. 8. There are no metal springs in the Ap- pliance to torture one by cutting and bruis- ing the flesh. 9. All materials are the very best that money can buy, making it a durable and safe Appliance to wear. 10. Our reputation is so thoroughly es- tablished and our prices so reasonable, our terms so fair, that you should not hesitate to send the free coupon today. The Brooks Appliance Co.; 1098 D State St., Marshall, Mich. Without cost or obligation on my part please send,me by mail in plain wrapper your illustrated book and full information about your Appliance for rupture, and your Trial Offer. N&M6 ine:.ssisemeers o's Address City