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 Diagram 5 shows by the dotted out­line the figure of a woman, age thirty-­eight, who had never worn corsets, but had worn a so-called "hygienic" waist. Over this waist her skirt bands had pressed across the stomach and around the waist. The relaxation of the abdominal walls allowed the entire ab­dominal contents to sag forward and downward. The patient suffered from indigestion and backache. The corset, indicated by the black outline, was fitted to support the abdomen, allow­ing plenty of room across stomach and diaphragm. The change in posture and the relief from the feeling of weight was immediate, and the pa­tient was able to walk and exercise much more vigorously than usual. Six months later the attitude without cor­sets showed marked improvement, also greater development of chest and rib-­wall and better muscular tone of ab­dominal walls. This case is a fair answer to the question as to whether or not women are better off without corsets. The ef­fects of not wearing corsets In this instance were sagging abdominal walls, resulting in stomach and intestinal trouble, and faulty posture which caused constant back­ache. Both these conditions were corrected with the supporting corset.