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Rh This Corset, to which she has given the name of Hygienic, is totally different from the other Corsets hitherto made, under two different points of view. But before entering into the details of its construction, we must say, that, like many others, the principal object of the inventor was to find a point of sup­port for the superincumbent weight of the head, the superior limbs, and the organs of lactation and respiration, on that part of the body which, in consequence of the elements of strength that nature has accumulated around it, in delineating so for­cibly the pelvis for the functions it is destined to perform, cannot suffer any irksome influence from certain pressure. Corsets may be considered as made of three contiguous parts, which we are going to describe separately, beginning from the bottom to the top. The first one, or the inferior part, surrounds the summit of the hips, and affords the point of support previously men­tioned.

The second part or middle one, extends from the hip to the thorax, and is destined to confine the region of the abdomen, which contains those moveable organs that, from their nature, may be compressed without much inconvenience, for the pur­pose of producing the slender waist so much sought for fashion's sake, and which so many ladies will obtain at any price. The third or superior part, is intended to envelope and sup­port the thoracic region, and must produce but a very slight pressure, or else it would cause disastrous consequences, by im­peding the respiration, and preventing the development of the organs to which nature has confided the care of preparing the aliments intended for supplying the first food of man. The Corset invented by Madame Caplin does not leave any apprehension of the danger we have alluded to in the above remarks; not only is the shape calculated so as not to permit any real pressure, but the inventor has found the means of