Dress-reform : a series of lectures delivered in Boston, on dress as it affects the health of women (1874)
Woolson, Abba Goold, 1838-1921 · Boston : Roberts · leaf 73
with by some contriv-ance supposed to be an improvement upon theoriginal plan. When these cartilages become os-sified, as they sometimes do, from disease or oldage, the ribs are fixed in position, and the chestcan no longer dilate. This is not consideredan advantage, but a misfortune. The… … Bony Framework of the Body. 48 DKKSS-REFORM. injury when she interferes with one of Natureswise designs by compressing these twenty-fourribs to such an extent that the cartilages inwhich they terminate cannot act. What differ-ence does it make whether these ribs expand ornot, you may ask. The…
Clothing and dress · Women -- Health and hygiene
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