The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-11 00:00:00

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the hoc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
tot fail to fit, forw%rdel by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6(1., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6,1. Postage,
ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
EIALASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling, of the Legs, Sprains, (Sze. They
are porous, light in texture, cud inexpensive. and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., -is. 6d.
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.'

IjING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street., Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
J. W. 'WALDRON, Secretary.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road
Open to all without letters of recommendation.
FUNDS are urgently needed.
JAMES S. BLYTII, Sec.

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
SG, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec.

I'VE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
'k .7 ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderato rato
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary:
Office, 54, Cheapside, London, E.Ol

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, N. (where many cases deemed incur-
able are cured). much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30 ; private, till 12.30.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
1 of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridgo-

road.
Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co, 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
11.-I of the past twenty months the National Lifeboat
Institution has contributed to the saving of 1,496 lives
from various shipwrecks and 34 vessels from destruction,
and has also expended £33,000 in the same period on
its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting
£3,968 for rewards.
The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.
Contributions will bo thankfully received by the London
A.nd country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London.

QANIARIT r, N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations aro much
needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Tlatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.

The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchiu-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
E.C., by
S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10s.