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I ought also to remark that this picture, 

 according to the statement of Dr. Comstock, 

 by no means exaggerates the evil effects of 

 tight lacing. He says "it is not nearly so 

 great as we believe actually takes place in 

 many instances of tight lacing ; " and I believe 

 so too. 



If what I have said here on the nature and 

 structure of the chest, should lead any person 

 to study the structure of these important 

 organs, the lungs, from our large but excellent 

 treatises on Anatomy and Physiology, he will 

 find himself most amply repaid for his labor, 

 and will forever bless the day in which his 

 attention was arrested and his mind drawn to 

 the subject. 



