Cluthes Advice to the Ruptured | Page 9

ten miles away-- just as we are to sufferers in Maine,
Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, California, etc.
[Sidenote: Well-Known Business Men Order By Mail]
Big business men in New York-- bankers, presidents of big
corporations, noted lawyers and others-- men perhaps living in the
same block with some noted physician or surgeon-- men who could
send for their autos and in fifteen to thirty minutes be in any one of
New York's best hospitals-- men who can afford the best medical and
surgical care in the world-- are among those who have ordered Cluthe
Trusses from us here in Bloomfield in exactly the same way-- by mail--
that a man out in Ohio or Oregon would.
Now when men like these-- many of them acting on the advice of
famous physicians-- are taking advantage of the care and attention we
give by mail in connection with the Cluthe Truss, it is mighty good
proof of our ability to attend to any kind of case by mail.
[Sidenote: How We Study Your Case]
The first thing we do, when a man writes for a Cluthe Truss, is to make
a careful, scientific study of his case. We must understand your case
thoroughly-- know all its peculiarities.
And please bear in mind that your case will receive the personal
attention of at least three members-- perhaps there will be a
consultation of all five members-- of the Cluthe Rupture Institute.
No order is ever put in the hands of a clerk or helper or other
inexperienced person.
In each case we give our complete professional service. Each case is
treated individually.
We take into consideration the kind of rupture-- the location of the
rupture opening-- the size of the protrusion, the length of time ruptured,

the cause of the rupture, whether or not an operation has been
performed, etc., etc.
You will find, on our information blank (one is enclosed with this book,
or see duplicate questions on page 73) some simple, easily-answered
questions concerning these points.
And your answers to these questions, if your answers are correct,
furnish us all the guidance we need as to the special requirements of
your case. Just as a physician in writing a prescription is guided by the
answers to his simple questions.
That is how we determine the shape and size of the Automatic Holding
Pad (in case of Double Rupture, each rupture is individually treated,
usually a different kind of pad for each side, for both sides are seldom
the same).
And that is how we determine the adjustment of the pads and all parts,
the amount of support needed and the regulation of the holding pads to
give the support, etc., etc.
Then, after deciding all these points, we make for you a special Cluthe
Truss-- one exactly adapted to your individual case-- every part of it
exactly what your condition requires. (Compare that with the way drug
stores and local truss dealers try to fit you with a ready-made "stock"
truss.)
We next take this specially made truss to our Gallery of Statues-- which
consists of life-size and life-like models or dummy figures.
[Sidenote: Our Life-Like Models]
And here, no matter what your size or build, we have a dummy model
corresponding to your living self in shape-- a form your clothes would
fit just as they fit on you.
When we see the measurements you give when ordering (they are all
provided for in a simple way on our Information or Question blank) we

know at once which one of our many models or forms to use.
And on this form-- duplicating your size and build-- we fit your truss,
as soon as it is made, just as if you yourself were right here in front of
us.
We can usually make up your truss, fit it, and have it ready to send
within twenty-four to thirty-six hours after receiving your order.
Every day we fit in this way scores of people we have never seen.
And it's only in about one case out of several hundred that we fail to
give perfect fit. While in such cases, usually only some slight
adjustment is needed to make the fit perfect-- some simple adjustment
which the patient himself can easily make. Our common-sense
instructions fully provide for proper adjustment if any is necessary.
Our ability to meet the exact requirements of your case-- our expert
skill and care in fitting-- are things no one else can give you-- for no
one else has had our forty years of professional experience-- no one
else has learned how, as we have.
The method we follow (which is exclusively our own), is the only
method of fitting that can result in continuous and comfortable holding.
And continuous and comfortable holding, combined with the soothing,
strengthening and healing