The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fig. of natural waist. Fig. of corseted Fig. 13.—The natural shape of the spine. Figs. 9 and 10 show how the pressure of thecorset on the abdomen is increased when the body THE PRESSURE OF THE CORSET. 45 is bent forward, as is necessary in many sedentaryoccupations. The man bending forward relaxeshis abdominal walls and enormously lowers hisintra-abdominal pressure by so doing, but thecorseted female who writes or sews produces just

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