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 Second subject, in plate 9, illustrates a very fashionable "flat­tening hip" corset, such as has been sold by thousands the past two seasons in the best shops of this country. The directions of the extreme pressures are indicated by the arrows. The body is cramped through lower part of thorax and hips until it is im­possible to assume an erect posture.

Contrast with this the line of pressure indicated in plate 10, which lifts the body into an easy, normal, comfortable poise, by the support through the lower part of the abdomen in lines that follow obliquely over the hip bones and around the back, re­inforcing the natural muscular tension of the abdominal walls. 