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 49
ax in the corseted figure. spread widely apart, are in the compressed waistsqueezed inward and downward, until they nearlymeet in the centre. By the pressure of the corset the shoulders are 40 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. raised, the upper lobes are forced to do the breath-ing, the five upper ribs are… … Figs. 5 and 6.—The shape of the cavity when the corsets are tight; the same without corsets. The change in the shape of the abdominal cavityis shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Dr. Dickinson callsespecial attention to the close approximation of thebelly-wall to the spinal column and to the bulgingof the…
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