. First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families . and ribs are veiy pliant; yet itcan be effected at more advanced periods of life. Observations. 1st. The Chinese, by compressing the feet offemale children, prevent their growth ; so that the foot of a 274. What rooms particularly should be well ventilated ? Why are cur-tains around abed injurious ? 27o. What varies the amount of air receivedinto the lungs ? 276. How can the size of the chest be diminished ? Whatdoes fig. 60 represent ? Fig. 61 ? Give observation 1st. 9 * 102 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE.
. First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families . and ribs are veiy pliant; yet itcan be effected at more advanced periods of life. Observations. 1st. The Chinese, by compressing the feet offemale children, prevent their growth ; so that the foot of a 274. What rooms particularly should be well ventilated ? Why are cur-tains around abed injurious ? 27o. What varies the amount of air receivedinto the lungs ? 276. How can the size of the chest be diminished ? Whatdoes fig. 60 represent ? Fig. 61 ? Give observation 1st. 9 * 102 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE. Chinese lelle is not larger than the foot of an American girl offive years. 2d. The American women compress their chests, to preventtheir growth; so that the chest of an American belle is notlarger than the chest of a Chinese girl of five years. Whichcountry, in this respect, exhibits the greater intelligence ? 3d. The chest can be deformed by making the linings of thewaists of the dresses tight, as well as by corsets. Tight vests,upon the same principle, are also injurious. Fie. Fig. 62. A correct outline of the Venus de Medici, the beau ideal of female sym-metry. Fig. 63. An outline of a well-corseted modern beauty. One has an artificialInsect waist; the other, a natural waist. One has sloping shoulders, while the shouldders of the other are comparatively elevated, square, and angular. The proportion ofthe corseted female below the waist, is also a departure from the symmetry of nature. 277. In children, who have never worn close garments, thecircumference of the chesUs^nerah^tboutequal to that of Give observation 2d. How may the chest be deformed as given by obser- worTlo ,!: mat tHC SiZ° °f the Ch6St °f * ^ *Lt fcasa wayR worn loose clothing ? } HYGIENE CF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 103 the body at the hips; and similar proportions would existthrough life, if there were no improper pressure of the persons that have large, full chests, particularly at thelowe
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