Pulp Fiction, 1941 · page 116 of 116
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# Advertisement Page This is a full-page advertisement for the Brooks Air-Cushion Rupture Support, a medical appliance sold by the Brooks Appliance Company of Marshall, Michigan. The page features testimonial letters from satisfied customers claiming the device cured or greatly improved their hernias, along with product illustrations showing the air-cushion design and different appliance styles. The prominent headline promises relief from "rupture worries," and the company offers a free booklet and measuring chart to interested readers via a tear-out coupon at the bottom.
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STOP...2Rupture Worries Learn About My Perfected RUPTURE INVENTION! W HY worry and suffer any longer? Learn now about my perfected invention for all forms of reducible rupture. It has brought ease, comfort and happiness to thousands of men, women and children. You can imagine how happy many of these rupture sufferers were when they wrote to me that they had no further use for any kind of support. How would YOU like to be able to experience that same happiness? The only way to find out is to actually try this remarkable appliance. I guarantee it to fit properly and to hold comfortably «+. Of it costs you nothing. Hurry— send coupon quick for Free Rupture Book, easy measuring chart, and PROOF of results. Why Not Give Nature a Chance? As long as your rupture can be put back and held in place with the fingers —in other words, if your rupture 1s completely reducible, why block all hope for a natural recovery by wear- ing something that prevents Nature from working for you. Why not help Nature by using the Brooks Automatic AIR-CUSHION Support, that works with natural physical laws and holds the rupture gently but securely! Some- times, as thousands of Brooks cus- tomers have reported, Nature has done such a good job that the use of any kind of truss has been given up en- tirely! Mind you, we don’t promise such results, but the fact remains that in many cases they have been achieved! FIND OUT! Write for Free Rupture Book! p CONFIDENTIAL COUPON 5 for RUPTURE SUFFERERS ; H. C. BROOKS, President [ 401-H State St.,Marshall, Mich. § Rush me your Free Book, 8 self-fitting chart, proof of re- 8 sults, all without obliga- § tion, and in plain envelope. C. E. BROOKS ; Inventor ; t eo ee State z ase te, ate whether | 0 Relic forman,Q4 ' woman 0 : City_____.___._____ State ______. or child DO ee “mae aS AEA Ret) FILLED WITH AIR. No more hard,unyielding pads since \ invention ‘of \ Brooks Air Cushion. . The Double Inguinal Ap- pliance is as comfortable tO Wear as a soft belt yet gives firm support. Special Brooks Appli- ances are made for al] types of reducible rup- ture and successfully fitted by mail. PROOF! Read These Reports on Reducible Rupture Cases CIn our files at Marshall, Michigan, we have over 33,000 grateful letters which have come to us eel unsolicited and without any sort of payment. *‘Doctor Says Cured’ *‘My son, Ivan, wore your Appliance until three years ago. The doctor pronounced himcured a year or two before that time. He is now on the Rice Institute track team of Houston, Texas, is a dash and relay man. He participated in track meets at Milwaukee andin the National A. A. U. at Buffalo this past June.’’—Mrs. Wm. H. Jones, Box 802, Hedley, Tex. “Gymnasium Instructor at 54’° ‘“My rupture is greatly reduced after wearing your Appliance for a year. I have taken up my old work as gymnasium instructor for Stanton Park Baptist Church, and in shovang +e boys all the stunts, I have felt no ill-effects. Remember —I am 64 years of age, and I think itis very unusual for aman of my age doing hand-balance, especially with a double rupture, that the Brooks Appliance held me in. The above statement is true and correct.’’ ‘Wm. H. Robertson, 1329 17th St., Detroit, Mich. “‘Appliance Discarded’’ “I discarded your Appliance about three months ago, having no further need for it. By that I mean I am perfectly cured and have no discomfort whatever after lifting pisnos etc., at my work,’’ —G. Swindelis, Long Beach, 3. “Brooks Holds”’ “I can’t tell you how much I think of your truss it sure has done me worlds of good. I have har work mining and so much lifting, but the truss held me and I never was bothered a bit with my rupture.’’— Joe Thumerelle, R. R. 2, Peoria, Ill., c/o Big Bear Coal Co, A special handmade Cushion is used for Femoral Rupture with equal success. SENT ON TRIAL! If your doctor says you have reduciblerupture,and advises a proper-fitting support, don’t delay but get free details about the Brooks at once. It will be sent on trial to prove its merits. In trying ityou risk no money—and if itdoesn’t “work” —if it fails to com- pletely satisfy you or your doctor—you return it and the trial costs younothing. Beware of imitations! The genuine Brooks is not sold in stores or through mail order houses. Stop Your Rupture Worries—send coupon now! All corre- spondence treated as ~. strictly confidential. Brooks Appliance Co. 401-H State St., Marshall, Michigan C© DOO CO