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 51
ure on the abdominal wall. The adiposetissue is thinned under the region constricted, andthe fat accumulates below the umbilicus. Thatthis is not normal is proved by the fact that, in 42 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. men, the fatty layer is usually thicker above thanbelow the umbilicus. The same is true… … Fig. 9.—The effect of bending forward, when seated, with and without corsets. to mind the contrast between the hard abdominalparietes of the average man and the lax belly ofmost women. Engel reports cases in which theperistaltic movements could be watched throughwalls thinned from tight lacing. Of…
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