when unimpaired by disease, and free from the oppression of fashion and habit.
At this period, no lady who values her health, comfort, and appearance, will be without an abdominal supporter.
It is well known to physiologists that the loss which females sustain at what is called the turn of life, is amply compensated for in another direction. The reason why the constitution assumes a new character is because there is an increase of blood thrown into the system; and if the organic laws have not been violated, there is an absolute gain of physical power when the transient disturbances to which she has hitherto been subject have ceased; it is at this time also that the mental powers acquire their most substantial solidity. During the early part of life there was little or no difference in the strength of constitution afforded to the two sexes; but if the health of the female has been properly cared for, after the age of forty-five years she has a decided advantage over the man. It is really surprising what toil some women will endure, and how superior they often are to their married partners in middle age. Food, dress, tastes, and habits, have all no doubt an influence upon the general health; but it is a fact that must
