Anatomy and physiology : designed for academies and families . iologicalknowledge of the pliant character of the cartilages and ribsin infants, too many mothers, unintentionally, contract theirchests, and thus sow the seeds of disease by the close dress-ing of their offspring. Give the experiment that elucidates the necessity of ample volume ofthe lungs. Can the chest of an adult be contracted ? How effected ?Which is most easily contracted, the chest of an adult or that of a child ?Why ? What is the consequence of diminishing the size of the chest ? SUGGESTIONS. 167 If this slight
Anatomy and physiology : designed for academies and families . iologicalknowledge of the pliant character of the cartilages and ribsin infants, too many mothers, unintentionally, contract theirchests, and thus sow the seeds of disease by the close dress-ing of their offspring. Give the experiment that elucidates the necessity of ample volume ofthe lungs. Can the chest of an adult be contracted ? How effected ?Which is most easily contracted, the chest of an adult or that of a child ?Why ? What is the consequence of diminishing the size of the chest ? SUGGESTIONS. 167 If this slight but steady pressure be continued, from day today and from week to week, the ribs will continue to yieldmore and more, and, after the expiration of a few months, thechest will become diminished in size. This will be effectedwithout any suffering of a marked character; but the generalhealth and strength will be impaired. It is not the violent andephemeral pressure, but the moderate and protracted, thatproduces the genteel contracted chests. Fig. 115. Fig. 116-. Fig. 115. Is a correct outline of the Venus de Medicis, the beau ideal of female sym- Fig 116. Is an outline of a well-corseted modern beauty. One has an waist, the other the natural waist of woman. One has sloping shoulders, whilethe shoulders of the other are comparatively elevated, square, and angular. The pro-portion of the corseted female below the waist is also a departure from the symmetryof nature. The style of dress which at the present day is almost uni-versal, is a prolific cause of this deformity. These banefulfashions are copied from the periodicals, so widely circulated,containing a fashion plate of the latest fashions, fromParis. In every instance, the contracted, deformed, and, as itis called, neat, lady-like waist, is portrayed in all its fascinatingloveliness. These periodicals are found on almost every Is the contracted chest produced in a day ? What is said in regard to thestyle of dre
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