Page:CORSET An Analysis - 22.png

 Third subject, in plate 1, illustrates a corset in which the makers claim "all pressures are those which are physiological." The pressure in this corset is around the base of the thorax and extends around the body in lateral lines down over the hip bones, being most extreme across stomach and diaphragm. In plate 2 is shown the corset of correct proportion and outlines, of same size, quality and general type, but of entirely different propor­tion and poise. It must be borne in mind that these photographs are not retouched, consequently the garments are pictured with actual fidelity to the facts. The great difference in body balance indicated by the perpendicular lines is as pronounced as in the cases of first and second subjects. 