Reply To: Fixing a Hernia by unconventional methods

[Good intentions]

Here is the 1933 paper.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2532339/pdf/postmedj00803-0033.pdf

And here are some more recent papers about the use of trusses.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C48&q=hernia+truss&btnG=