The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 3, 1921, Page 16

THE SEATTLE STAR FOR A RUPTURE Is the H. The WORST Support Ever Devised, Is a Hard, Unyielding ob, or Pad, Pressed Into the Rupture by. a Steel Spring--Thereby Preventing Nature From EVER Having a Chance to Bring About a Healing of the Parts. The Brooks Appliance Co. gladly sends their remarkable patented Appliance ON TRIAL to prove that it holds the rupture back, keeps it in place, prevents its com- # ing down or slipping out and finally assists nature to heal up the rupture. uman Hand The Brooks Appliance most closely _ resembles the human hand as a rupture support. You will notice the first moment you put on a Brooks Appliance, the pliable, flesh-like touch of the velvet finished rubber and it will take only this first experience of mfort and security tomake you decide — “This is what I fiscomfort of rupture. ance. _ 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 cou- pon below and mail it today. Instead of wearing a steel spring or inflexible harness, try the velvet- soft Brooks Appliance. a _ Instead of the old hard or stuffed _ pad, use the soft automatic rubber air-cushion of a Brooks Appliance. _ The Brooks Appliance clings to _ you without force and you are hard- ly 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. Many hundreds of physicians and surgeons recommend the Brooks Appliance and condemn makeshift trusses as more harmful and dan- For the benefit of our readers we take pleasure in publish- | ing the Brooks offer to save all who are ruptured from yearing painful makeshift trusses that do not cure. No man or woman ever can look and feel his *) ‘her best while suffering the torment, pain and _ Every day that you suffer re rupture— every hour of truss torture that you endure— after you read this page is your own fault. _’For many years we have been telling you that makeshift truss will ever help you. We have told you abdut the harm ill-fitting trusses are doing. We have told you that the only truly mfortable, sanitary and scientific device for ' holding rupture is the Brooks Rupture Appli- gerous than any other method of re- taining and treating rupture. Thou- sands of people have written us tes- tifying to the amazing results they have secured from this great inven- tion. Many of these people live right in your vicinity and we will be glad to sénd: 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 severe or only recently devel- oped, 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, device, pad or plaster is offered to the public under so broad a guar- antee of satisfaction. The Brooks Appliance Has Freed Thousands of Men, Women and Children From Rupture—Without Pain, Operation, or Loss of Time a A Portrait Done in Charcoal by Herman Pfeifer, from a Photograph of Mr. C. E. Brooks, Inventor of the Appliance and Founder of the Brooks Appliance Co. Over 715,000 People Have Accepted This Offer. Why Not You? Doesn’t that prove that the Brooks Appliance is not an experiment but , apositive success—that it does all we claim for it? Among these 715,000 men, women and children there must be hundreds whose condition was identical with yours. Can you afford not to investigate and satisfy your- self when it costs you nothing to prove what the Brooks Appliance will do for you? This wonderful device is a triumph of scientific and mechanical genius, the outcome of more than 30 years experience and the results accom- plished by its use are little short of miraculous. When you try a Brooks Appliance you will notice instantly how very much this support resembles the touch and clinging pressure of a hu- man hand. Send the coupon NOW for further description of the Appliance and for our FREE, NO RISK, TRIAL PLAN. Ten Reasons Why You Should Accept This Offer§ 1. It is absolutely the only Appliance embody-@ ing the principles that inventors have sought after for years. 2. The Appliance for retaining the rupt cannot be thrown out of position. 8. Being an air cushion of soft rubber if clings closely to the. body yet never blisters of causes irritation. 4. Unlike ordinary so-called pads, it is not cum= bersome 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 oj wearing a harness. 7. Nothing to get foul; it can bey washed without any injury. - 8. There are no metal springs in the Appliance to torture one by cw ting and bruising the flesh. 9, All materials are the very best that money can buy, making it a d able and safe Appliance to wear. 10. We guarantee your comfort at all times and in all positions, and se every appliance with this positi understanding. The Brooks Appliance Co: 1098G 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 Appli ance for rupture, and your Tria Offer. Name’ «..s:sn:suwnceacblecte a sphsamuneal Address <:.rq.-s:0om:.arennesch ties . i 6 ig eeeponetere oe oa! DUOC, siraendauehalll é