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

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

    Willis, Ada. | Date: [1940?]
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    Specification of William Edward Newton : truss supports.

    Newton, William Edward. | Date: 1867
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    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.

    Down Bros. (Firm) | Date: 1906
    • Ephemera

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

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1919]
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    Specification of George Henry Birkbeck : trusses or bandages, and pessaries to be used therewith.

    Birkbeck, George Henry. | Date: 1862
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