TIGHT-LACING

is now well recognised as injurious. By this malpractice the lower ribs are forced inwards, and the liver and spleen, which these ribs cover, are compre ed and their functions embarra ed; moreover the colon is included in the area of pre ure, and dyspepsia, constipation and appendicitis thus invited; whilst the important organs of the chest, viz., the heart and the lungs, are forced upwards and their action impeded. The effect on the general health likely to result from interference with so many vital organs can be readily imagined. [s. 417]