Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-12-18
RUPTURE AND ITS CURE.
HOW THE CURE IS EFFECTED.
BY W. PRYOR, NJ. D.


This topic important that Mt the rN Of some repc.
iltion will mention the points under confederation
which he clearly understood before in
telligent action can he successfully undertaken
so far ~ distinguished medical authority OF weight
the decision Of this question: have the positive assertions
Of DIS lawrence Richter. sir Ashley Cooper, Dorsey and
Others. that rupture b. cured and this present
good Offset TO that increlulouS part OF the medical profess
sion who have not made hernia speciality.
Recent investigations enable ~ TO state that It be
cured and adduce In evidence of the Insertion,
cures that Dr. Sherman l. constantly eecng among his
numerous patents Gentlemen Of standing the city Of
st. Louis are willing TO state TO any DESTROYS Of making
the inquiry that Dr. sherman has cure them Gentlemen
from abroad whose word would be taken truth equally
assure Us that they have been cured by Dr. shermsns
method, and more evie than this Is ,nded yon
wonld not be convinced though from the grave should
arise and assert the fact
That the members Of the medical profession should be
ncedniou' rs 10 the cure Of hernia Il not surprising any
more than the dstru't manifested by the public at large
They have formed their opinions from the nenlcency OF
the miserable eoniyances known tfusses, which, up
the present day have been continued series Of necan
ca plumbers and false assumptions Of physiological princi
pies. Nobody bell we'd in the existence the continent Of
America mp TO the time OF Columbus but he by his genius
and courage made that disbelief a verify Dr. Sherman
stands in the relation To the invention Of device for
the cure of rupture that Columbus did the New World
lie has demonstrated it, durability by producing appliances
that act in harmony with known physiological laws lie
has not merely the genius to devise but the tact and
i've ability to apply the Offspring Of that genius His ap
planes do not presa too much and thereby relax,
little and thus not retain but just enough all
her effort to support And this Is why Dr.. shermans ap-
planes aid and accomplish cure, why they are
deservedy popular.
A., -, " ~ =, -, ~ ~ 49,, 80 ,
when asked What the occlnsion Of the hernal
er0oe in cases o radical oure9 And II lca irritation and
inflammation are not the sole canse of i. occasion what is
he value rs anyllnres in hi; treatment ~ replied that
peculiar tendency to adhesion andeT slight irritation and
that in the radical cure Of hernia the neck of
the ernal sac IL ohterate either by adhesion,
the aSnon wbch Was % ,h mos mos, tx dn
n-he surgeons of his day that hernl conivance to he
successful must possess perfect retentve power and this,
sbat eye Of he ts o III. pcrnd s e W Sna
ndcnce as means OF radical cure because Of their dencS
In thl- state OF conflict among the ~ MS we leave the
gg,sd IN IN o mr. 90 w d p{ W are inly
the gounds Of that sasfsSton ot any berpal
~ uIe Mv "oes not neVe9n sisit riiatlnn
delnsiye as means Of safety pr shernnn anncati"ns
Witch emh,ann h,h ao , " G
fu6 the demands Of the contestants perfec,iy as has been
certified by Dr willard Barker and Dir. Caruochan both
enent surgeons OF New YORK, In the remarkable case of
'' Th , 0ore%; Ia nm o,.o, ,,.,., n. II,
ne oaee1ng y an extract from Dr. W. Pryors wook on
rupture ana It's cure
FATauIry oE prpruyr
The subject Of Rnntnra +. Of ,nnc, ,no'. ro-,oo -
| mankind than i generaily snnposed ~ importance ="
II IL estimated that in every twenty is affected
with hernia and every who has hernia liable al
large pr"poron e ii nn ira hernia yeTy
stances. amount Of suffering must endured How
deep then, does the interest Of the subject become?
Ihs accident also exceedingly insdious in its attack
producing little or no harm until the mischief has
almost irremedahe Even the physicians suspicious are
sometimes lue into the belief that the patient has only