The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fig. 2.—The heavy outline is the tracing of the corseted woman; the li^ht,the same without corsets. 38 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. shape from corset-wearing than the abdominal, forthe reason that the thoracic organs may readily ac-commodate themselves to a pressure which simplysqueezes out some residual air, while the abdomi-nal viscera must be Fig. 3.—Anterior view of thorax in the natural form. Dr. Dickinsons sketches showing the changes incontour of the thorax and abdomen w
The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fig. 2.—The heavy outline is the tracing of the corseted woman; the li^ht,the same without corsets. 38 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. shape from corset-wearing than the abdominal, forthe reason that the thoracic organs may readily ac-commodate themselves to a pressure which simplysqueezes out some residual air, while the abdomi-nal viscera must be Fig. 3.—Anterior view of thorax in the natural form. Dr. Dickinsons sketches showing the changes incontour of the thorax and abdomen were made byaccurately ascertaining the normal and corset out-line, in the same subject, by blackboard tracings THE PRESSURE OF THE CORSET. 39 Mi* shadows thrown on manilla paper (Figs. 1 and2). The change in the bony structure of the thoraxis shown by Dr. Trails illustration (Figs. 3 and 4).The floating ribs, which in the unrestricted body
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