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34 all the signs of distress that nature has put in his power to show how much he suffers whilst they are thus imprisoning his limbs, or all the signs of joy every time they are set at liberty. In a few minutes the old witch who presides over his infirmest days falls to tormenting him afresh, and winds him up again in his destined confinement. When he comes to be dressed like a man he has ligatures applied to his arms, legs, and middle; in short, all over him, to prevent the natural circulation of the blood, and make him less active and healthy; and if it be a child of the tenderer sex, she must be bound yet more straitly about the waist and stomach, to acquire a disproportion that nature never meant her to assume."

To illustrate our peculiar views on this important subject, we shall commence with the period when the infant is first ushered into this "breathing world," and trace its progress through the various stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence, woman­hood, and old age; describing in our progress the evils arising from improper dressing and treatment, together with the means which have been found most efficacious in their prevention or remedy. It must be remembered that in all our teaching our object has not been so much the cure of