Kind of surgical appliance, particularly one used for hernia patients

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A treatise on hernia, explaining its varieties, situation, symptoms, and causes : to which is added a full description of the construction and application of the most approved mechanical remedies / By G.S. Acret, truss maker, 39, Houndsditch.

Ruptures extraordinary : Coles's patent truss for single rupture has three springs, and for a double one six.

Ruck's improved portable medical galvanic apparatus : sold wholesale and retail / by William Ruck.

To physicians or surgeons : James Lane (late servant to Mr. Elliot deceased) opposite Salisbury Court in Fleet Street, London makes and sells all sorts of instruments for lame or crooked likewise steel or belt trusses for ruptures in men, women or children.

Steel spring or jointed trusses for the cure of ruptures, easy to new-born infants, and effectual to the aged ...  / Peter Bartlett ; Mrs. M. Bartlet.

By her majesty's letters patent : comfort for invalids : 8, Denmark St., Soho London / J. Alderman.

How to limit your family : a manual of birth control / by Mrs. Ada Willis ; preface by H. Taylor.

Specification of William Edward Newton : truss supports.

A catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances : also of aseptic hospital furniture including a large number of original designs manufactured and sold by Down Bros., Ltd.

Adjustability : the "Boval" adjustable truss (patent no. 2395402) holds the premier position for efficiency, comfort and adjustability.

Specification of George Henry Birkbeck : trusses or bandages, and pessaries to be used therewith.

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Trusses

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How to limit your family : a manual of birth control / by Mrs. Ada Willis ; preface by H. Taylor.

Specification of William Edward Newton : truss supports.

A catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances : also of aseptic hospital furniture including a large number of original designs manufactured and sold by Down Bros., Ltd.

Adjustability : the "Boval" adjustable truss (patent no. 2395402) holds the premier position for efficiency, comfort and adjustability.

Specification of George Henry Birkbeck : trusses or bandages, and pessaries to be used therewith.

Trusses

Images from the collections

Images about Trusses

Works from the collections

How to limit your family : a manual of birth control / by Mrs. Ada Willis ; preface by H. Taylor.

Specification of William Edward Newton : truss supports.

A catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances : also of aseptic hospital furniture including a large number of original designs manufactured and sold by Down Bros., Ltd.

Adjustability : the "Boval" adjustable truss (patent no. 2395402) holds the premier position for efficiency, comfort and adjustability.

Specification of George Henry Birkbeck : trusses or bandages, and pessaries to be used therewith.

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