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moderate comfort. The greater proportion of women, 

 however, lack these conditions and hence suffer to a 

 greater or less extent from the symptoms mentioned. 



412. The mistake in regard to dress begins so early in 

 life that the wearer almost ceases to consider the dis- 

 comfort arising therefrom. Many women say that their 



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FIG. 183. 



The breastbone cannot be moved down by 

 a corset. Use its lower end for a sta- 

 tionary point, in comparing Figs. 183 

 and 184. How much have the liver and 

 stomach descended ? 



FIG. 184. 



How far have the kidneys been moved ? 

 Has only the middle of the transverse 

 colon descended or all of it? Is the 

 waist of Fig. 183 deformed more than 

 the usual amount ? 



dress is perfectly comfortable, because they do not know 

 what comfort and freedom is. Dr. Kellogg found the aver- 

 age waist measure of girls from 9 to 1 2 years of age to be 

 23 \ inches, and he found the waist measure of young ladies 

 from 1 8 to 30 years of age to be 23 \ inches. If their 

 waists had been allowed to grow as God designed, they 

 would have become 28 or 30 inches in circumference. In 

 all these years the bones, muscles, digestive and other 



