SYSTEMATIC SYNTHESIS OF TISSUES INTO ORGANS. 223 

 FIG. 167. FIG. 168. 



363. THE FIGURES REPRESENT a good and a con- 

 stricted Chest. With the former, health and beauty, 

 grace of movement, and a lively expression, are compati- 

 ble, but are not possible in connection with the latter. 



364. THE WORST MISTAKE THAT CAN BE MADE is to 

 try to improve personal appearance by constricting the 

 size or action of the chest. TIGHT CLOTHING is A BANE 



TO BEAUTY. 



365. Remark. It does not by any means follow that a natural de- 

 velopment of the chest will be attended with every desirable excellence. 

 It is NOT DENIED that some beauties may exist in connection with a com- 

 pressed chest, nor that those may be found who with chest compressed 

 are more attractive than some whose chests are not. But what is AS- 

 SERTED, is, that those who are at all attractive with the chest compressed 

 will be infinitely more so with the chest properly expanded ; that the 

 true way to improve personal appearance is to develop as far as possible 

 the elasticity of the cartilages of the chest and its mobility. It is as- 

 serted and CANNOT, either theoretically or practically, BE CONTROVERTED, 

 that constricting the chest will deform ; while the form and movements 

 of the chest can be improved by easy clothing and appropriate exercise. 



366. IT IS THEREFORE NOT ONLY SELF-TORTURE, SELF- 

 MURDER, AND A SIN, TO CONSTRICT THE CHEST, BUT IT IS 

 A MOST UNFORTUNATE SACRIFICE OF PERSONAL APPEAR- 

 ANCE. 



863. What do Figs. 167 and 168 ? 364. What is ? 365. What ? What? 

 What ? 366. To constrict chest is what ? 



