. Exercises for ladies; . e youngperson becomes awkward and shuffling; herclothes cannot be made to fit well upon her;they appear to be drawn to one side, generallythe right. The sash encircling her waist is ob-served to dip in the same direction, while theright breast presents a more than ordinary ful-ness, and the corresponding collar-bone displaysa proportionate elevation. In short, the childis deformed. Her backbone is distorted. In proportion as the inclination takes placein the upper part of the back, between theshoulders, nature, in order to counterbalancethe evil, and preserve the equi
. Exercises for ladies; . e youngperson becomes awkward and shuffling; herclothes cannot be made to fit well upon her;they appear to be drawn to one side, generallythe right. The sash encircling her waist is ob-served to dip in the same direction, while theright breast presents a more than ordinary ful-ness, and the corresponding collar-bone displaysa proportionate elevation. In short, the childis deformed. Her backbone is distorted. In proportion as the inclination takes placein the upper part of the back, between theshoulders, nature, in order to counterbalancethe evil, and preserve the equilibrium of thebody, calls into action the muscles of the lowerpart of the spine on the opposite side; so that, inconfirmed cases, a double curvature is produced. As the infirmity advances, a similar coun-terpoising power is exerted by the muscles ofthe spine attached to the vertebrae of the neck,and a third or upper curve is then formed, sothat the spine presents a serpentine appearance,inclining to each side INJURY TO LOCOMOTIVE ORGANS. 43 The ribs, in consequence of the alteration inthe course of the spine, aided by a continuanceof the same debilitating causes, soon partake ofthe extending change that is going on, and,deviating from their true direction, contract anddeform the chest. Finally, the basin or pelvis, on which thespine rests, becoming involved, produces aninequality in the size of the hips, the contraryof that which obtains in the shoulder, and causesthe body, when viewed from behind, to appearas if twisted on itself.—(See Plate VII., wherethis is contrasted with the natural and beautifulform.) The longer the deformity exists, unless thecauses whence it proceeds be discontinued, themore conspicuous it is sure to become. Pinseus, who flourished towards the close ofthe sixteenth century, asserts (so common wasit at that period) < that of fifty females of thehigher or more civilized ranks of society, scarcelytwo could be found who had not the right
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