many laces? Can the patient unhook the corset without unlacing it? Unhooked, with steels drawn gently toward each other, is the gap more than two or three inches?
Costs.—As office cases average, for the most part little outlay for correction is called for. The corset that is relatively harmless; the corset which the owner can alter; the worn one just ready for a change to a better; these constitute a majority.
 FIG. 36.—0utfit for the tracing. |
 FIG. 37—Example of full record; without corset; with harmful corset; with tolerated corset, and the measurements. |
Where a new corset of special fit and shape is needed, most commonly such can be found in a large ready-made stock, the alterations made when buying—say for from $3 to $6—from a corsetiére who has been taught to understand medical needs. Corsets made to order expertly by those trained to our ideas are to be had for $12, while corsets of the most durable material, least likely to alter in shape, run up to $25 from expert hands. Often with the well-to-do one may elect to begin with a cheaper fitted corset, in order to bring about the desired result by degrees.
