This affliction, like trouble with the eyes or teeth, falls entirely outside the physician's province; for medicines, the physician's chief means of cure, are utterly powerless either to relieve or overcome it. And, unfortunately, scarcely one sufferer in a hundred knows of anyone else to turn to, with the exception of the surgeon, after finding that physicians can give no relief. For the proper treatment of rupture has received little attention as a specialized profession. Scientific treatment of the eyes and of the teeth have both become special professions; you'll find good oculists and good dentists in nearly every town
