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Plate 1. First Subject

Plate 2. First Subject

First Subject: Young girl of seventeen, has slight spinal curvature from which there has not been any suffering and for which she has not received treatment.

Plate 1 shows one of the most popular corsets of commerce advertised from one coast to the other as "the favorite of dress­makers." Arrows show the high tight line around base of thorax. This corset is loose across abdomen and the waist con­striction is 3 inches, the normal waist measurement being 24 inches, while with the corset on, it is only 21 inches.

Plate 2 shows the fitting of the normal corset, supporting the abdomen and widening the rib wall. Chest expansion was doubled in this corset, the first corset allowing an expansion of only 1½ inches; the second, an expansion of 3 inches.