And here, day after day, we are attending by mail to people in New York City-- only ten miles away-- just as we are to sufferers in Maine, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, California, etc. [Sidenote: Well-Known Business Men Order By Mail] Big business men in New York-- bankers, presidents of big corporations, noted lawyers and others-- men perhaps living in the same block with some noted physician or surgeon-- men who could send for their autos and in fifteen to thirty minutes be in any one of New York's best hospitals-- men who can afford the best medical and surgical care in the world-- are among those who have ordered Cluthe Trusses from us here in Bloomfield in exactly the same way-- by mail-- that a man out in Ohio or Oregon would. Now when men like these-- many of them acting on the advice of famous physicians-- are taking advantage of the care and attention we give by mail in connection with the Cluthe Truss, it is mighty good proof of our ability to attend to any kind of case by mail. [Sidenote: How We Study Your Case] The first thing we do, when a man writes for a Cluthe Truss, is to make a careful, scientific study of his case. We must understand your case thoroughly-- know all its peculiarities. And please bear in mind that your case will receive the personal attention of at least three members-- perhaps there will be a consultation of all five members-- of the Cluthe Rupture Institute. No order is ever put in the hands of a clerk or helper or other inexperienced person. In each case we give our complete professional service. Each case is treated _individually_. We take into consideration the kind of rupture-- the location of the rupture opening-- the size of the protrusion, the length of time ruptured, the cause of the rupture, whether or not an operation has been performed, etc., etc. You will find, on our information blank (one is enclosed with this book, or see duplicate questions on page 73) some simple, easily-answered questions concerning these points. And your answers to these questions, if your answers are correct, furnish us all the guidance we need as to the special requirements of your case. Just as a physician in writing a prescription is guided by the answers to his simple questions. That is how we determine the shape and size of the Automatic Holding Pad (in case of Double Rupture, each rupture is _individually_ treated, usually a different kind of pad for each side, for both sides are seldom the same). And that is how we determine the adjustment of the pads and all parts, the amount of support needed and the regulation of the holding pads to give the support, etc., etc. Then, after deciding all these points, we make for you a _special_ Cluthe Truss-- one exactly adapted to your individual case-- every part of it exactly what your condition requires. (Compare _that_ with the way drug stores and local truss dealers try to fit you with a ready-made "stock" truss.)