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Rh here that we are enabled to demonstrate what the real changes are, which take place in the figure during the whole period of gestation—to point out the particular parts which have to sustain the burden, and the manner in which our external adaptations give support to the internal organs. It is here that we always take the sufferer, that she may see with her own eyes what it is that afflicts her. From what has been already advanced, it will naturally follow that the manner of constructing the corset must differ with every individual case. A young, slightly-built mother with her first child, will require a very different adaptation from a lady who is the mother of several children, and been subject to painful labour, and has perhaps met with some accident, or is suffering from some dis­order or infirmity, in whom the muscular relaxation is great, the bulk heavy, and the abdomen pendu­lous. It must be obvious, at first sight, that par­ticular adaptations are necessary to meet her case, and that no rule, except that of giving support where support is needed, can be followed here. And this indeed is the principle we adopt, and hence our invariable success.