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Dickinson: Toleration of the Corset.

"Pressure should be greatest around the hips, carefully and snugly adjusted, diminishing above this zone, being less at the waist line than below the waist. The lower ribs must have play. With regard to posture or carriage the shoulders must not be thrown forward and hips backward, the comparison being made first in undershirt and then after corset is put on. Large or

The sway of the "weak-backed" figure FIG. 41.—An unusual vacillation. The red line showing woman in underclothes. A stable posture and cure of backache were brought about by exercises and proper corset.

Variations on different days rarely more than this: poses are very stable FIG. 42.—Postures rarely vary more than this in a given individual. Red shows patient in union suit; black, with corset.

relaxed breasts are to be supported independently, from the shoulders. Front or back lacing has to be chosen for the par­ticular case. A stock corset may often be altered to suit the above, as well as to meet individual requirements.

"When taken off, laces must be loosened. When front lacing permits, women with large or relaxed abdomens should put on the