The woman's medical companion, and nursery-adviser : containing rules for preserving the health of unmarried females, directions to pregnant and lying-in women, and an account of their diseases together with instructions for the rearing of children from the hour of their birth, and an account of the diseases of infancy / by Henry McMurtrie.

  • McMurtrie, Henry, 1793-1865.
Date:
1871
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Credit: The woman's medical companion, and nursery-adviser : containing rules for preserving the health of unmarried females, directions to pregnant and lying-in women, and an account of their diseases together with instructions for the rearing of children from the hour of their birth, and an account of the diseases of infancy / by Henry McMurtrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER V. DRESS. Importance cf adapting the dotJdng to the state of the weather—Flimsy clothing in females destructive to health and life—Tight lacing—Corsets, manner in which they are injurious—Shoes and stockings— Flannel next the skin—Flannel drawers. Isr the regulation of female dress too much is sacrificed to fashion and appearance. The whims of a French or English mantua-maker, or th>e depraved taste of some reigning beauty, are of infinitely more weight in determining the nature of the clothing worn by the females even of this country, than all the arguments drawn from the character of our climate, and the attention which experience teaches us should be paid to the Reason of the year, the state of the weather and