The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals (1893)
Ecob, Helen Gilbert · New York, Fowler & Wells co. · leaf 112
of these crimes has no conception ofthe true mother-spirit. To loosen the corset or tolay it aside for a period of nine months does notexculpate the mother. It is the habits of the wholelife, not the experience of nine months, which de-termine the dangers of childbearing and to a greatextent modify… … The dressmaker advises stout women to wear tightly-fitting gowns, the waisthaving many seams. The artist advises stout women to wear soft, heavy tex-tures falling in large folds which conceal the massive contours. Tht-se makethis figure of a woman weighing 176 pounds seem slight. GYNECOLOGY. 93…
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