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"If you have tried most everything else, come to me. Where others fail is where ,1 have my greatest success. Send attached coupon today and I will send you free my il lustrated book on Rupture and its cure, show ing my Appliance and Riving you prices and names of many people who have tried it and were cured. It is instant relief when all others fail. Remember. I use no salves, no harness, no lies. I send on trial to prove what I say is true. You are the judge and once having: seen ray illustrated book and read it you will be aB enthusiastic as my hundreds of patients whose .letters you can also read. Fill out free coupon below and mail today. It's well worth your time whether you try my .appliance or not. Soundly Cured At the Age of 81 Mr. C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich. Dear. Sir:— Less than a year ago I sent to you for an appliance' a promptly. I at once put it on and it fitted perfectly. I have worn the appliance not quite 10% months. It has cured ray rupture. "Jj¥ask.Sure He Would Be a Cripple" He had been rup tured quite a while lefore we wrote you, and I was Sure -that he would be a cripples the rest of his life.- However, some" helping hand showed me an ad in ca-~ ^newspaper, with, the result that he was'In perfect health through the wearing of a Brooks Ap pliance for just three months. .The doctor advised an operation, which, I would not' consent to. Tour advice was to put an Air .Cushion Appliance on him, and I myat say that it is worth ten times what it'cost. 1 wish you co'uld have seen him before wo Vised the Appliance and now, when he is fully as sound as anyone could be. .. I cannot thank you too much foe,.what yott .. have done for roy boy. .'..."i.r-fSsK •v'" X- I tried the other day while the ap pliance was off. to see if I could force anything out of the opening to a a a there but I could not though I tried hard. Now I think this quite remarkable as I am in my eighty-first year. I am an old veteran of the Civil War, iorn and raised in the town of New Boston, State of New Hampshire, from which place I enlisted in the .10th N. H. Vol. Inft. ihife: C. commanded by Col. M. T. Donahue,, I cannot feel but that I owe you this-'testi mony for I had never expected to be cured. However, thanks be to God I found a cure through the valuable appliance you made for me. Your friend, Holly Hill, Fla. B. A. Richards. CuredWithout Operation You 1*8 respectfully,: iiift" OLIVER HANSON, ^^Kent^jtteXead^AVhenWxitinarAttyej'tiserfr Cured In Three Months Salem, Ohift. 430 Cleveland Aw Mr., C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich. Dear Mr. Brooks: I am sending y^u a small picture of my son, who is "now five years out We ordered your Appliance .£6r him when he ,jvas \only two months bid, and yet want Jto say in about three months all signs of rupture were gone, and he is some boy. today.-^-^ I shall be very glad to say a. good word for you." v»eil ever the opportunity presents itself. Ada, Mihn. Mr "C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich.. Dear Slr:-r Enclosed is a pic ture of my children, and the little man you see seated on the chair is the one who was cured by your Appliance. Yourr very, truly, T. A. McLAINv?'- Veteran Cured Mr. Wm. McAdams, of Kansas, 111.. iB a veteran of Co. "H," 59th Regt. 111. Vol. of which he was Second Lieutenant. He has fought against the suffering and torment of Rup ture for years and has finally won the victory as the fol lowing brief letter tells: Mr. C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich, Dear Sir —I laid your appliance aside March 2nd and have not worn it for twenty-five days, for I that I am cured.-. I hope that may have to wear ittagain. Yours truly, Wm. McAdams. Sr, THROW AWAY YOUR* TRUSS! For Many Years We Have Been Telling You That No Truss Will Ever Help You—We Have Told You the Harm That Trusses Are Doing. We Have Told-You That the Only Truly Comfortable and Scientific Device for Holding Rupture Is Ihe Brooks Rupture Appliance—and That It Is SENT ON TRIAL TO PROVE IT The above is C. E. Brooks,-inventor of the Appliance, who cured himself and who. is now giving others the benefit of his experience. If ruptured, write him today, at Marshall, Mich. Doctor. Pronounces Him Cured 119 Towle Avenue Mishsr^aka, Ind.. Mr. C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich. Dear Mr. Brooks:— Answering your letter, will say we need no more Appli ances, as our son has been completely cured by wearing your Appliance. We recently had him ex aminetl, and the doctor said the opening was entirely closed and that it wasn't nece&sary to wear it longer. Thanking you for your kindness, I am, Yours very truly, ,•. s* MRS. H. TOLLMAN. Remember I send my. Appliance on trial to prove what I say is true. You are to be the judge. Fill out free coupon below and mail today. i? DDnmro Name Address.. ...— think never Ten Reasons Why You Should Send for Brooks Rupture Appliance 1. It is absolutely .the only Appliance of the kind on the market today, and in it are embodied the principles that inventors have sought after for years. 2. The Appliance for retaining the rupture cannot be thrown out of position. 3. Being an air cushion of soft rubber 1$ clings closely to the body, yet never blisters or causes irritation. t. Unlike the ordinary so-called pads used .in other trusses, it is not cumbersome or ungainly. G. It is small, soft and pliable, and posi tively cannot^ be detected through the cloth ing. 6. The soft, pliable bands holding the Ap pliance do not give one the unpleasant sen^ sation o£ wearing a harness. y* 7. There 1B nothing about it to g§t^ foul, and when it becomes soiled it can' ljff washed without injuring it in the least. 8. There are no metal sprinaS in the Ap pliance to torture one by cutting^chd bruising the flesh. 5 9. All of the material: .pliances are made is of money can buy, making it -Appliance to wear. 10. My reputation for dealing iS so' thoroughly experience of over thirty years of dealing with the public, and my prices, are so reasonable, my terms so fair, that there certainly should be no hesitancy in sending free coupon today. It would be. a ver itable God-send to the unfortunate who suf fer from rupture if h|1 could procure the Brooks Rupture Ap pliance and Wear it. They would certainly never regret it. Free Iiiformation Coupon Mr. C. E. BROOKS, 462 State St., Marshall, Michigan Please sencl me.lSy mail in plain wrapper your illustrated book and full information about your Appliance for the cure of rupture. .-f. which the' Ap very best that durable and safe honesty and fair established by an Pennsylvania Man Thankful Mr. C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich. Dear Sir:—Perhaps it -will interest you to know' that I have been ruptured six years and have always had trouble with it till I got your Appliance. It .is very easy to wear, fits heat and snug, and is not in the way at any time, day or night, In fact, at times I did'not know I had it on it just adapted itself to the shape of the body and seemed to be a part of the body, as it clung to the spot. no niatter what po sition I wan in. My rupture is now all healed up and noth ing ever, did it but ypur Appliance. Whenever, the opportunity presents itself I will say a good word for your"Appliance, and-also the honorable way in which you deal with rup tured people. It is a pleasure to recommend a good thing among your,-friends or strangers, I am, Yours -very sincerely. .TAMfiS A. BRITTON. 80 Spring St., Bethlehem, Pa. '~iT. 1 jJr v" Mention the When Writing Admt&ew