. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . tion of food. Not only are the secretions ofthe liver interfered with, but the character of thebile secreted is changed. Dr. J. T. W. Collins hasshown that tight lacing interferes with the now ofbile. It has long been known to physiologiststhat the movements of the diaphragm aid the liverto empty its passages of bile. Each time the dia-phragm contracts, it presses down upon the liverand forces out the bile. This has been experiment-ally proved by observations upon animals.
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . tion of food. Not only are the secretions ofthe liver interfered with, but the character of thebile secreted is changed. Dr. J. T. W. Collins hasshown that tight lacing interferes with the now ofbile. It has long been known to physiologiststhat the movements of the diaphragm aid the liverto empty its passages of bile. Each time the dia-phragm contracts, it presses down upon the liverand forces out the bile. This has been experiment-ally proved by observations upon animals. concludes, from experiments upon guinea-pigs, that by reducing the circumference of the waistone fourth the amount of bile is diminished onehalf. This damming up of the outlets for the bilehas been shown to be the frequent cause of gall-stones, a malady which occurs much more frequentlyin women than in men. The direct results of abnormalities of the liverare various diseases of that organ ; jaundice, a dis-ease to which women are especially subject; pleurisy,in consequence of inflammation; tumors and dys-. A HOUSE-DRESS. EFFECT ON THE LIVER OF TIOHT-LACINO. 69 pepsia. Under the conditions of constant pressurewe may look for cancerous growths, sallow com-plexions, and the lugubrious expression of coun-tenance which usually coexists with a torpid
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