The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . Fig. 1. -The heavy outline is the tracing of the corseted woman; the light,the same without corsets. THE PRESSURE OF THE CORSET. 37. Fig. 2.—The heavy outline is the tracing of the corseted woman; the li^ht,the same without corsets. 38 THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN. shape from corset-wearing than the abdominal, forthe reason that the thoracic organs may readily ac-commodate themselves to a pressure which simplysqueezes out some residual air, while the abdomi-nal viscera must be displaced.

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