White's truss pamphlet.

Date:
1858
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: White's truss pamphlet. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    a. Upper part of the hip joint. b. End of the hoop. c. Lower edge of the pad. c. The hoop. h. Upper edge of pad. DIRECTIONS FOR APPLYING AND ADJUSTING Lu B. WHITE'S TRUSS. 1. Throw off your false delicacy, that the surgeon may give you a perfect fit. 2. Take off the cover and get a hoop that will fit close and set easy. If it does not fit, the adjuster can bend and shape it so that it will, and that, too, with very little trouble.