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 The second subject in plate 5 wears a corset which claims to give upward and inward support to the abdominal walls, to establish the balanced weight of the body in the correct position, to follow the normal curves of the spine, permit full breathing, etc.; briefly, to do everything a corset should do and nothing a corset should not do. But it appears upon physiological test that the correct features inadvertently have been neglected by every one concerned in the production of this corset except the writer of the advertising.

Plate 6 shows the correct corset of same size, quality and general type as that shown in plate 5. The comparison is easily made. Note especially the perpendicular lines from chest to foot in the two plates, indicating the difference in body balance induced by the two corsets. 