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Rh course, stoops forward, the clavicles are bent, the scapulæ stick out, and the tops of the dress and the whole of the underclothing coming underneath their points, lift them up and retain them in their un­natural position. Many parents have their chil­dren's dresses made so loose as to permit of the passage of the hand round the waist, between the body and the clothing, not remembering that with­out some point of support the clothes would fall off; but if the clothing were so constructed as to take the outline of the body, and the material suited to the age of the child, the weight of the upper part bearing on the shoulder, and the skirt on the hip, we should have the weight of the clothing distri­buted over the whole of the body, and not upon points only, while the bones and muscles would grow together in equal proportion. The following evils are occasioned by neglect of these precautions: Crane neck; round, protruding, and raised shoul­ders-one higher than the other; head twisted to one side to preserve the centre of gravity; double lateral curvature of the spine and distortion of pelvis; compression of the chest, with its concomi­tants, difficult breathing, constipated bowels, flush­ings of the face, red nose, and cutaneous eruptions.