. The new medical world. A book for reference and consultation, containing a thorough description of disease, with the latest and best methods for its treatment . 39 Clothing should be worn sufficiently loose to permit full play andnatural movement of all the muscles of the body. To dress other-wise or to constrict the waist and change the form which nature haschosen as most fitting is foolish indeed, and entails a large amount ofsuffering in the aggregate. Intelligent* persons at least ought toknow that a slight waist detracts from the graceful appearance ofthe human form. Nature needs no rem
. The new medical world. A book for reference and consultation, containing a thorough description of disease, with the latest and best methods for its treatment . 39 Clothing should be worn sufficiently loose to permit full play andnatural movement of all the muscles of the body. To dress other-wise or to constrict the waist and change the form which nature haschosen as most fitting is foolish indeed, and entails a large amount ofsuffering in the aggregate. Intelligent* persons at least ought toknow that a slight waist detracts from the graceful appearance ofthe human form. Nature needs no remodeling and reshaping withribs of bone and steel. Life at the best is full of suffering; whymultiply our sorrows or shorten our days ? Tight lacing produces,by unnatural pressure, injurious effects upon the delicate abdominalorgans which cannot escape displacement. It limits the expansionof the thorax, interferes with the play of the diaphragm, the greatmuscle of respiration, which ought to be free to rise and fall withevery breath. Digestion, circulation and respiration, the three greatand essential functions of animal life, all suffer evil Fig. 1.
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