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 weak backed or over-feminine figures. Dr Reynolds has laid emphasis on the two common deformities for which we must watch, namely, the round-shouldered posture, and this over-­feminine figure, with large hips, hollow back, small waist, promi­nent bust and overextended knees (Fig. 8). To this we add the

lopsided posture on which Dr. Eliza Mosher has laid emphasis, where lateral curvature is caused by the foot being held, in the re­laxed standing posture, sidewise from the body instead of forward.

Like Dr. Reynolds, I have had the advantage of intimate association with an orthopedist. Without Dr. Truslow's study of spinal and muscular conditions, and his exercise cures, I