. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . jam. iiadim;. G 7NEC0L0G Y. 85 corset, presses the abdominal contents downwardand inward. Dr. Kellogg lias made very important observa-tions, by means of an air-pessary connected with atambour, showing the influence of the corset uponthe movements of the pelvic organs. These observa-tions and experiments show that there is a normalmovement of the pelvic viscera corresponding tothose of respiration, and that these movements arelessened by constriction of the waist. The move-ments of
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . jam. iiadim;. G 7NEC0L0G Y. 85 corset, presses the abdominal contents downwardand inward. Dr. Kellogg lias made very important observa-tions, by means of an air-pessary connected with atambour, showing the influence of the corset uponthe movements of the pelvic organs. These observa-tions and experiments show that there is a normalmovement of the pelvic viscera corresponding tothose of respiration, and that these movements arelessened by constriction of the waist. The move-ments of the pelvic organs depend upon the actionof the diaphragm. This muscle not being ableto descend to the usual degree, there is less move-ment of the pelvic viscera. Fig. 34 exhibits the movements of the pelvic. Ordinary. Forced. Respiratory Tracing (Vaginal). organs produced by respiration, ordinary and forced,in a patient in a horizontal position, and withoutConstricting bands of any sort. 86 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. Fig. 35 shows the movements of the pelvic organsresulting from ordinary and forced respiration, pa-tient horizontal, as before, but wearing a corsetmoderately tight. The difference between the twotracings is noticeable in that the movement of the
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