Transactions . female form that we,as medical men, have to examine, but that beautifulform, pressed in here and thrust out there by thehabit of tight lacing. The connoisseur and the phy-sician agree that the form of the Medicean Venusis perfect. Compare the soft sloping outline of thatfigure with the abrupt angles, the sudden tighteningand swelling of the fine figure of the presentday. A terrible fashion compels women to distortnature, or be branded as deformed. Diagrams 9, andL. 2 and 13, exhibit the form of woman mouldedby tight lacing; and diagram 3 and the ancientstatuary show that form in
Transactions . female form that we,as medical men, have to examine, but that beautifulform, pressed in here and thrust out there by thehabit of tight lacing. The connoisseur and the phy-sician agree that the form of the Medicean Venusis perfect. Compare the soft sloping outline of thatfigure with the abrupt angles, the sudden tighteningand swelling of the fine figure of the presentday. A terrible fashion compels women to distortnature, or be branded as deformed. Diagrams 9, andL. 2 and 13, exhibit the form of woman mouldedby tight lacing; and diagram 3 and the ancientstatuary show that form in its natural the latter the ribs have a natural bulge at theside, and slope gradually and gracefully to the lowerribs. The lower lobes of the lungs are permittedto play, the liver and stomach have their naturalform and seat. In the stay-moulded female the com- OF THE INTERNAL OKOANS. 395 L. 2.—HEALTHY ADULT FEMALE. Hannah Cutler, aged 33, Servant, Patient of Mr. WhiteVaricose Veins of the 2. Lower margins of the lungs, in a tranquil state, behind the fifth intercostalspace, p. 316 ; 2 a. Lower margins of the lungs, on deep inspiration, descend to the sixth rib, p. 362 3. Hearts superficial dulness, in a tranquil state, p. 315; 3«. Hearts superficial dulness, on deep inspiration, lowered and narrowed, p. Boundaries of the hearts deep-seated dulness, p. 322.—5. Upper deep boundof the liver, pp. 334-5 ; 5. Liver, p. 362. The shading just above the lower bounds of the right lung and the heart indicatesthe seat of the respective depressions over those boundaries. The figures at the sides denote the measurements on each side, from the spine tothe centre in front, under the axilla, over the lower margins of the lungs, and overthe lowest edge of the ribs and their cartilages. 396 ON CHANGES IN THE SITUATION pass of the ribs is positively so girt that it is thenarrowest where it ought to be the broadest. Theopposed lower edges of the sixth, seventh, and
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