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Title: Anatomy, physiology and hygiene
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Walker, Jerome, 1845-
Subjects: Physiology Health
Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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below the shoulder-joints hindersthe free play of those important members, and is an ob-struction to proper muscular exercise. The normal movements of the lungs, heart, and other 1 The helmet hats now worn by soldiers are of light weight, good color,and well ventilated. Formerly soldiers head-gear was tight and heavy. CLOTHING. 101 organs are disturbed when-ever the free movements ofthe ribs are restrained bytight coats, corsets, or vests(a). Such compression, morethan any other, derangesthe vital processes, and pro-duces suffering which is oftenreferred to other causes.Among its effects are lassi-tude, headache, cold feet,shortness of breath whenexercising, dyspepsia, faint-ness, many derangements ofthe functions of internal or-gans, and sometimes deform-ities of the chest.1 Tight belts impede themovements of the abdominalorgans, and may cause vari-ous disorders. Elastic bandsin garters and shoetops aresometimes so tight as toaffect the circulation of bloodin the parts pressed upon.
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Fig. 40. Composite photograph of girl in corset amiwithout corset; an exact reproduction.Note the two outlines at the waist.This is not what is called tight lac-ing, but from a working costume.(Dickinson). 1 It is well known to medical examiners of life insurance companies andfor the army and navy, that the measurement around (he middle of thechest, even with the clothes on, should show at least two inches differencebetween the chest expanded by full inspiration and contracted by Eorcedexpiration. The difference, in health, is from 2 to I inches,the averagebeing about 3. Now, a chest that expands (after being emptied as far aspossible of air) only 1^ to If inches with bight garments on. will oftenexpand 2\ to :)\ inches with the garments removed. This latter degree ofexpansion is the normal one, and any garment that lessens it is too tight. 102 CLOTHING. 103. No articles of dress, perhaps, need to be so nicelyadjusted, for the comfort of the individual, as boots andshoes.1 If too larg

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