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Dickinson: Toleration of the Corset.
weak backed or over-feminine figures. Dr Reynolds has laid emphasis on the two common deformities for which we must watch, namely, the round-shouldered posture, and this over-feminine figure, with large hips, hollow back, small waist, prominent bust and overextended knees (Fig. 8). To this we add the
lopsided posture on which Dr. Eliza Mosher has laid emphasis, where lateral curvature is caused by the foot being held, in the relaxed standing posture, sidewise from the body instead of forward.
Like Dr. Reynolds, I have had the advantage of intimate association with an orthopedist. Without Dr. Truslow's study of spinal and muscular conditions, and his exercise cures, I