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 many laces? Can the patient unhook the corset without unlac­ing it? Unhooked, with steels drawn gently toward each other, is the gap more than two or three inches?

Costs.—As office cases average, for the most part little outlay for correction is called for. The corset that is relatively harm­less; the corset which the owner can alter; the worn one just ready for a change to a better; these constitute a majority.

Where a new corset of special fit and shape is needed, most com­monly such can be found in a large ready-made stock, the altera­tions made when buying—say for from $3 to $6—from a cor­setiére who has been taught to understand medical needs. Corsets made to order expertly by those trained to our ideas are to be had for $12, while corsets of the most durable material, least likely to alter in shape, run up to $25 from expert hands. Often with the well-to-do one may elect to begin with a cheaper fitted corset, in order to bring about the desired result by degrees.