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His Ruptures exhibition has been running since March 2015 and was expected to end in April 2016.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2016

In other words, this Letter to Monk, together with the previous Letter to a Friend concerning the Ruptures of the Commonwealth, came into Toland's hands in the manner described in Note p.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

Poultice for 123   Physicians' Treatment 123   Irreducible Ruptures 123   Strangulated Hernia or Rupture 124   Symptoms 124   Mothers' Remedies 124     1.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Each of these pretended Remedies may aggravate the Disease, and contribute an insurmountable Obstacle to the Cure—Of that Iliac Passion, which is sometimes a Consequence of Ruptures, I shall treat in another Place.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Ruptures, Herb Remedy for.—"Make a poultice of lobelia and stramonium leaves, equal parts, and apply to part, renewing as often as necessary."

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson