. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fro. 4.—Anterior view of thorax in the corseted figure. Bpread widely apart, are in the compressed waistsqueezed inward and downward, until they nearlymeet in the centre. By the pressure of the corset the shoulders arc 40 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. raised, the upper lobes are forced to do the breath-ing, the five upper ribs are raised aud the inter-spaces widened. This broadening above andconstricting below Dr. Dickinson illustrates byFigs. 5 and 6. The expansive power of the lungsis r
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fro. 4.—Anterior view of thorax in the corseted figure. Bpread widely apart, are in the compressed waistsqueezed inward and downward, until they nearlymeet in the centre. By the pressure of the corset the shoulders arc 40 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. raised, the upper lobes are forced to do the breath-ing, the five upper ribs are raised aud the inter-spaces widened. This broadening above andconstricting below Dr. Dickinson illustrates byFigs. 5 and 6. The expansive power of the lungsis reduced by this perversion about one Figs. 5 and 6—The shape of the cavity when the corsets are tight; the samewithout corsets. The change in the shape of the abdominal cavityis shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Dr. Dickinson callsespecial attention to the close approximation of thebelly-wall to the spinal column and to the bulgingof the stomach (Fig. 7). Without the corset the THE PRESSURE OF THE CORSET. 4] breasts project beyond the abdomen, . . whereaswhen the corset has raised the bust and crowdedthe abdomen down and out the supra-pubic wallbecomes the most projecting part of the profile. Dr. Dickinson shows that the big stomach whichafflicts the stout, corseted woman is the result of
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