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Title: A treatise on anatomy, physiology and hygiene : designed for colleges, academies and families
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?
Subjects: Physiology Anatomy Hygiene Anatomy Physiology Hygiene
Publisher: Boston : B.B. Mussey
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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519. The style of dress which at the present day is almostuniversal, is a prolific cause of this deformity. These bane- 616. What varies the amount of air received into the lungs ? 517. Howcan the size of the chest be diminished ? When is this most easily ejected ?518. How are the miscalled, genteel, contracted chests usually pro-duced ? 519. What is said of the style of the dress at the present day i 240 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE. ful fashions are copied from the periodicals, so widely circulated, containing a fashion plate of the latest fashions,from Paris. In every instance, the contracted, deformed,and, as it is called, lady-like waist, is portrayed in all itsfascinating loveliness. These periodicals are found on almostevery centre-table, and exercise an influence almost omnip-otent. If the plates which corrupt the morals are excludedby civil legislation, with the same propriety ought not those tobe suppressed that have a tendency so adverse to health. Fisr. 100. Fig. 101.
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Fig. 100. A correct outline of the Venus de Medici, ttie beau ideal of femalsByrametry. Fig. 101. An outline of a well-corseted modern beauty One lias an artificial, insect waist; the other, a natural waist. One has slopingBhoulders, while the shoulders of the other are comparatively elevated, square, andangular. The proportion of the corseted female below the waist, is also a departurefrom the symmetry of nature. Observations. 1st. The Chinese, by compressing the feetof female childrerv, prevent their growth; so that the foot of a What does fief. 100 represent ? Fig. 101 ? Give observation 1st. HYGIENE OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 241 Chinese helJe is not larger than the foot of an American girlof five years. 2d. The American women compress their chests^ to preven*their growth ; so that the chest of an American belle is notlarger tiian the chest of a Chinese girl of five years. Whichcountry, in this respect, exhibits the greater intelligence . 3(J. The chest can be deformed by making t

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