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102 which have been distended during the previous nine months resume again their normal propor­tions, and it is to this ebb and flow of the vital force that we have adapted our Gestation Corset.

It will perhaps have occurred to the reader that the conditions which we have to meet in this matter have been neither few nor trifling. The great dis­tension of the abdomen which must necessarily have taken place has severely tried the muscles which form its walls, and this evil is in too many cases aggravated by the use of corsets that, instead of supporting the body, add to the stress already upon it. The ordinary stays have an elastic steel busk, which, on being leaned upon, bends over the stomach and pushes down the contents of the abdomen, causing an additional burden upon a part already weakened. The result of this is a stretching of the whole envelope in such a manner as to endanger the figure for life, and lay the foundation for varicose veins, prolapsus uteri, and other complaints to which ladies are too often subject.

Our Gestation Corset, of which we here present an illustration, is specially adapted to the condition of the body during pregnancy. It will be perceived at once that it is nothing more than a modification