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 45
sure of a loose corset is about 35 pounds. It would be difficult to find a woman strongenough to lift, even for a moment, a weight of 88pounds. A sack of flour weighs 25 pounds—10pounds less than the pressure of the loosest corset.How many women can carry a sack of flour ? Yethere we have a… … Fig. 1.—The heavy outline is the tracing of the corseted woman; the light,the same without corsets. THE PRESSURE OF THE CORSET. 37
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