42 TUIU i;< i LOSE US \ DBEASK OF I in 



luit indigestion and disturbances in the circulation follow 

 i\ ----- iv.-ly ti-ht l.-K-ini:. An:i-nii:i, or poverty of the Mood, 

 so often observi < 1 in voun^^irK can very frequently he aserihed 

 to tin- unnatural mode of drex, \\hieh docs not j.n-init cither 



vnlatioii or sufficient oxygenation of thr Mood. 

 \\ reproduce here three pictures better to illustrate the 

 result of excessive lacing. Fig. 25 shows the situation of the 

 organs in chest and abdomen in a normal thorax. I 

 shows lungs, heart, and intestines as they appear in a thorax 



Fio. 25. 







Fio. 25. Normal Chest; Vital Organs in Right Position. 



Fio. 26. Too Tightly-laced Chest; Vital Organs Displaced. 



1 10. 27. Result of Tight Lacing in the Bony Frame of the Chest. 



coastrioted by wearing a tightly laced corset for a nuinlxjr of 

 years. Fig. 27 shows the skeleton of a chest defonned l>y t i.irht 

 lacing. 



It cannot be insisted upon too often that to an individual 

 predisposed to tuberculosis nothing can be more injurious 

 than an interference with proper digestion and assimilation. 

 To keep stomach and bowels in good order is one of the best 

 safeguards agaiast taking the disease. 



Children and young adults should not wear narrow sus- 

 penders or narrow bands which compress that portion of the 

 chest which contains the apices or summits of the lungs. Hy 

 compressing these parts the apex of the lungs is prevented 

 from inhaling and exhaling as freely as the lower and non- 

 compressed portion of the lung. It is possible that herein we 

 find an explanation why consumption usually begins in those 

 regions. To obviate this danger I have devised a garment 

 which I call a suspender-vest. The accompanying illustration 

 (Fig. 28) is self-explanatory. 



Neckwear, for men as well as for women, should be loose. 



