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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1920)
J&tmm rAriA"1 fl nnr nnnA f 1 ' J J 1 . The WORST Support Ever Devised, Is a Hard, Unyielding Knob, 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. V The Brooks Appliance most closely re sembles the human hand as a rupture sup port. You will notice the first moment you put on a Brooks Appliance, the pliable, flesh like touch of the vel vet finished rubber and it will take only this first experi ence of comfort a$d security to make you decide "This is wha Lwant." ' A f For the benefit of -our readers' we talce pleasure in publishing the Brooks of fer to save all whlo are ruptured from wearing painful makeshift trusses that do not cure. No man or woman ever can look and feel his or her bet while suffering the torment, pain and discomfort of rupture. Every day that you suffer from rupture- every hour of trussv torture that you endure after you read this page is your own fault. For many years we have been telling 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. V Now we offer to prove it to you entirely at our risk. We will send' you Ik 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 rubber air-cushion ,of a Brooks Appliance. The Brooks Appliance clings to you - without 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. Many hundreds.of physicians and surgeons recommend the Brooks Appliance and condemn makeshift 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. trusses as more harmful and dan gerous than any other method of retaining and treating rupture. x Thousands of people have written us testifying to the amazing rer , suits 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 severe or only recently de veloped, no, matter if you are young or old, you should not fail to profit by this No -Risk Trial Offer. i No (ither rupture support, truss, lock, device, pad or plaster is of fered to the public under so broad a guarantee of satisfaction. Ths Brooks Appliance Has Freed Thousands of Wen, Women and Children From Rupture Without Pain, Operation, or Loss of Time Over 715,000 People Have Accept ed This Offer. Why Not You? Doesn't that prove that the Brooks Appliance is not an experi ment, but a positive success that it does all we claim; for it? Among the 715,000 men, women and children there must' be hun dreds 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? ; Vt v v This wonderful- dewce is atri- , umph of scientific and mechan ical genius, the outcome, of more than 30 years experience a$d the results accomplished by its use are little short of miraculous. When you try a Brooks Appli ance you will notice instantly how very much this support resembles fthe touch and clinging pressure of a human hand. ..' Send the coupon NOW for fur ther description of Appliance and for our FREE, NO RISK, TRIAL PLAN. r . .'J The Brooks Appliance Co. gladly sends their remarkable patented Appli ance ON TRIAL to prove that it holds the rupture :back keeps it in place, prevents its coming down or slipping out and finally assists, nature to heal up the rupture. . I Tep Reasons Why You Should Accept This Offer v ; -- -' " ! . . " 1. It is absolutely the only Appliance em-; boaymg tne principles mat inventors nave sought afjber for years. 2. The appliance for retaining the rupturi cannot be thrown out of position. 3. Being an air cushion of soft rubber it clings closely to the body yet never blisters or causes irritation. - - - 4. Unlike ordinary so-called pads, it is not cumbersome or ungainly. t , 5. It . is small, sof t x and pliable, and posi tively 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 Appliance to torture one by cutting &nd bruising the f les. 9. All materials are the very best that money can buy, making it a durable and safe Appliance to w ear. 10. We guarantee your comfort at all times and in all positions, and sell every appliance with this positive understanding. The Brooks Appliance Co. 785 D. State St., Marshall, Mich. Without eot or obligation on my part please send riie by mail in plain wrapper your illustrated book and full information about your Appliance for, rupture, and your Trial Offer. ' Name ; Address.. J. .. City, ..............State, . At.- V t