The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-27 00:00:00

( No. 1 72,807 .)

I had found out some one to furnish me with a truss
which should be efficient for its purpose even in these
seasons of coughing ; as I was going I amused myself in
reading Mr. Carpenter's Political Letter ; in this paper 1
read the advertisement of Mr. Coles, Truss maker of
Charing-cross : and as I had tried seven or eight before, I
at once sent for Mr. Coles ; and the result has been that
my complaint is as completely removed as if I had never
known any thing of the kind: and could I have forgotten
the precept of the venerable Daddy Burdett, and more
especially the fate of the Duke of Bedford, I should have
thrown away the truss months ago. Oh ! how rejoiced
was I when I felt that I should be able to stand at my ease
for the hours that I destined for the belabouring of the
Whigs. I could not (if I bad had a cough) with-
out the aid of Mr. Coles, have given them the
four hours and a half which were worth more to
them (if they turn them to good account) than
a!I the rest of their lives. I should have mentioned this

matter before, but my April cough was nearly gone be-
fore Mr. Coles had done the truss, and I was not visited
with another till late in September ; and I wanted a fair
trial before I spoke of this matter. I have now had the
trial, and it would be a very shameful neglect of my duty
towards my neighbour, for me not to tell the public that
I find the remedy perfect, and that 1 can now scarcely
perceive, whether with or without a cough, the smallest
signs of my ever having bad such a complaint. But am I
not here, in doing bare justice to Mr. Coles, doing him an
injury, by driving from his shop the tax and tithe eaters,
who will have a " prejudice" that is a villany against hire
for the good he has done to me? No; bang it; they
like their worthless lives too well tiir that. However, my
sensible readers, pay you (if you should need it) attention
to what I have said ; and let the tithe and tax-eaters creep
along through life, with all the twitchings and achings of
this harassing complaint, and under all the pains and pe-
nalties inflicted on them by the awkward, heavy, cum-
brous, and still inefficient things, which bungling media-
nics put round their bodies. One thing bear in mind :
and that is, that this is a matter with which surgeons and
physicians have nothing to do, any more than they have
with the providing us with suitable shoes or coats.
As Mr. Chevalier told me the complaint is truly me-
chanical ; and the application of the remedy must depend
on the mechanic solely, just as much as the fitting of a
coat must depend on the tailor. Here, however, more
cleverness is required: the mechanic must be able to judge
well of the degree of force rtqaired ; and he must have
great ability in causing the pressure to bear in a proper
manner. Tt.e moment I heard Mr. Coles speak upon the
subject I was sure he was the man : his observations
showed a knowledge of his business ; and the result has
most amply verified my opinion. I never saw Mr. Coles
before, and I have never seen him since, except to call
and thank him. What I have here said of him is but
justice, which I do with very great pleasure, while as to
the rest, I am only discharging a duty to the public in
general, and to my readers in particular. I add this
piece of advice to people in London, not to write for a
truss any sooner than for a coat or a pair of breeches ;
not to plague a surgeon to order one ; but to go to the
mechanic in person, and let him fit the force and form
to the necessity of the case.

WILLIAM COBBETT.
TO MR. COLES.
have been wearing Trusses of different kinds
for the last thirty years, but never found one of them
to keep up the Rupture effectually, until thirteen months
since I purchased one of your patent; and although my
Rupture came down in a most frightful manner then, it
has never come down since, nor have I scarcely the ap
pearance of ever having had such a complaint. At my
age, 77 year., I do not intend to leave off wearing a
Truss, and I know too well the importance of your in-
genious contrivance to keep the world in ignorance of it.
JAMES SHARE, Commander, R.N.
28th May, 1832. 19, Bury-street, Bloomsbury.
Colonel Faancklin informs those who have Ruptures,
that he has been wearing Trusses thirty years, and he never
met with but one individual who was master of the com-
plaint. He has hkewise au elder brother, a Colonel in
the Hon. East India Company's service who has worn a
similar kind of Truss for many years, who can sty the
same. Mr. Coles, of Charing-cross, is the individual
alluded to.
Blackheath, July 16, 1832.
Sir,—Having the m,stortune to Rupture myself several
years ago, I purchased one of Salmon's self-adjusting
Tiu4se., which, although it afforded me considerable re-
lief, did not entirely keep the Rupture in its place, par-
ticularly when I had to stand fur any length of time; I
felt a disagreeable knawiug pain, attended with a bearing
down of the hernia so that I was frequently unable to
wear the truss. In mentioning to a friend what I suf-
fered, he strongly advised me to try one of your patent,
which I did, and found to my great comfort that it kept
up the Rupture effectually, without producing any of
those painful sensations which I had endured while wearing
the ball and socket truss, and I can now stand or walk
for hours together without the least pain or inconveni-
ence, in fact as well as though I never had been ruptured.
I send you this statement to make what use of it you
please. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM MATTHEWS, Quarter-Master, Royal
Artillery.
Woolwich, Sept. 12, 1832.
A gentleman at Lloyd's Coffee House has also sent Mr.
Coles a similar testimonial of his case which had been of

thirty years standing.
" Colonel Green hesitates not to acknow!edge that the
Trusses furnished to him by Mr. Coles has effectually put
a s'op to his malady. He cannot say that of any other
Truss which he had worn for the last thirty yeas.
3, Wyndham-place, Montague. square,
"August 27, 1833."
TO MR. COLES.

Sir,—While serving the office of first lieutenant of
a line-of-battle ship off Toulon, in 1809, I had the mis•
fortune, through extreme fatigue, to bring on a rupture.
Since that period 1 have tried every description of truss
which came to my knowledge, but I never succeeded in
supporting the hernia effectually until 1831, when I
purchased two f your patent trusses; and it is but justice
to own that no descent has occured since I have worn
them, and I freely give you liberty to publish this testi-
monial in favour of your excellent invention.
I am, Sir, yours obediently, J. P. BAKER,
Commander, R.N. 28, Duke-st., Manchester-square.
Oct. 17, 1832.

Sir,—Seven years ago I applied to you to stop a rup-
ture, which I have laboured und,r upwards of fifty years,
which was as large as a man's head, which you accomplished
with apparent ease, when no pers3n that I had previously
consulted, was able to stop it a single day. I am now
eighty-six, and am entirely free from any external appear.
:ince of the complaint. My obj ct in writing this testi-
monial is, not merely to express my gratitude for the
service you have rendered me, but to guard my fellow
sufferers against the use of imperfect trusses.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Oct. 21, 1832. G. CARPENTER, 24, Regent-st.
Sir,—Having worn trusses 20 years, and suffered the
most excruciating pain of strangulated hernia, which oc-
curred while wearing my truss, and without a doubt
should have lost my life but far the great skill and atten-
tion paid me by Mr. Mayo in the operation. And, not-
withstanding I had the beet medical aid, and, as I sup-
posed, the best trusses that could be procured, my rupture
continually increased, and escaped from every truss that I
had employed until I had yours; and I am happy to state,
that I now feel perfectly comfortable, and more secure,
under every position of the body, than at any period even
before or since I underwent the operation ; and I feel well
assured that such accident would never have taken pLce,
had I then worn a truss on the principle of your patent.
I am, Sir, with gratitude,
70, Great Titchfield-st., Mary- Yours, &c.
JOHN QUICK.
lebone, June 14,1833.

A surgeon of the Royal Navy about sixty years of age,
who had been wearing trusses of several different kinds,
employed one of Coles's manufacture, and ere he had half
worn it out, threw it aside and left his trusses in London,
while he made a tour on the Continent. Being at sea
and exposed to severe ,veather, a set.•sickness brought on
the complaint, and he «as compelled a second time to
wear his truss, and after wearing it about 12 months,
has again been perfectly cured, and does not wear a tiuss.
Sir Astley Cooper knows a case which had been get-
ting worse for thirty years, and which had escaped a
hundred times in a day, and does not escape now from
Coles's truss.

The above is one-fourth part of the Gadte of Health,
utt Ruptures, price one penny.