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DIR. LANDIS'S

DIR. LAND1S'S
PATENT DOUBLE SPRING TRUSS,
VSOR THE EFFECTUAL CURE OF
IL HERNIA. From the invarable success which
has attended the use of DR.. LANDlS'S PATENT
TRUSS, il is with the utmost confidence that 1t is Of
tered 10 the use of the afflicted portion of The conms
nifty. The Patenee states, without doubt, that
when properly applied il will fully answer the de-
sired purpose, and produce radical cure, on persons
under 40 years of age and with confidence will qua
rantee on all such cases. by personal applica
ton at his office, the risk of charge. The following
testimonials from the most distinguished Surgeons OF
the day, are respectfully submitted.
Lancaster, Pa, Nov 18th, lS43.
Edmund Lands, NJ. D.-Dear Sir: ! have, on Sc
veral previous occasions, given my name in favor OF
your Truss, but as have frequently been called upon
Otlate for the same purpose, have thought propero
address you, and give you my views respecting your
patent Truss, i'll detail. have been extensively en-
gagged in the application of every description ofTruss
for the last ten years have professionally APP
Piled in every variety of cases, the various Trusses
eXtant, such Hull's Knights Chases, Sisbys, the
bellows, ivory, wooden and cushion Pad; and after
fair trial of them all have found TO equal yours
i'll palliative as well as curative principles. Your
Truss, am happy TO say sir, combines all that other
Trusses possess, besides its improvement Hernia
is much more frequentn the community than is gen
orally supposed. 1t is an irmity that is at BEST one
of trouble and anxiety, one that may terminate in
pid fatality if neglected. and one in which want OF
proper surgical Judgment in the application Of impro
per instruments may cost the wearer their lives. The
use of your Truss, if applied as you Direct will cue
in nine out of ten. The pivot and independent
spring has been desideratum which your ingenuity
has happily Supplied, nasmuch as, matter what the
labor contortion of the body may he, the Pad is
kept neatly adapted to the part from which the
tom or intestine may escape. Again, il can be
with more ease than any other kind have used it
in infante cases with the most complete success,
where every other kind have failed. | have known
adults to abandon Chase's Hulls, Knights, others,
and rejoice in the benefits derived from tLandis's
Truss" So that from actual observation, and on
anatomical and pathological principles, cannotavod
dol haFa fnlt
name to all who desire it, in avoro of so invaluable an
Instrument as Dr. Landis' Patent Truss for Hernia.
am, dear sir truly yours,
GEORGE B. KERFOOT, NJ. D.
Prof. Mcclellan, the most distinguished Surgeon of
Philadelphia, writes thus: DIR. Lands, dear sir, l
have taken opportunity of examining your III uss;
it appears to me exceedingly well adapted to the
tention and cure of Hernia. have every confidence
in the opinions expressed in the high testimonials of
the distinguished Surgeons who have usedit
GEO. MCCLELLAN, NJ. D.,
Former Prof. of Surgery and Anatomy in the JefTer-
son and Penn'a Med College, Philad
Philadelphia, Nov. 2sth, ls43.
Baltimore, Jan " Sd, 1914.
DR.. Lands has submitted to me Truss, invented
bv him for The radical cure of that very common al
ways serious, and often fatal disease, Hernia. 1t af
fords pleasure to state that consider the Truss OF
DR.. Lands possessed OF certain important advantages
which have been very fully indicated by the distin-
gushed surgeons and physicians who have already
given their testimonials in its favor. ! concur with
them in opinion, and recommend it to the examina-
ion and patronage of the profession.
j. r. w. DUNBAR, M. D.,
Late Prof Of Sur, Wash. College, Baltic
Baltimore, Dec. 3st le43.
Having witnessed the application of DR.. Landis'
improved Tusses in several cases, do not hesitate
pronounce them superior any thing hitherto APP
piled for the relief and cure of Hernia.
F. f. B. HINTXE, NJ. ID.
Carlisle, Pa, December leh s43
DR.. E. Landis-Dear Sir: have examined your
Truss, and am decidedly Of the opinion that is well
adapted 10 the retention and cure of Hernia and do
not hesitate TO say that ii is the only truss that will
answer good purpose that have seen in upwards OF
forty three years experienced the medica profession
GEO. ID. FOULkE, NJ. ID.
For sale at T. KINGS Drug Store, No. South
Calvert street, near Baltimore.
{13- The Patentee, DR.. l.. may be consulted at his
office, No. SO COUGH STREET, near the Point
Spring Jag 2awly