The dress reform problem : a chapter for women / by E. Ward & Co.

  • E. Ward & Co.
Date:
1886
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Credit: The dress reform problem : a chapter for women / by E. Ward & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    E. WARD & CO., EL3DOIT BTJILI3I1TC3-S, BRADFORD. HYGEIA COBSET, Registered. (See Cover). Has been specially designed to meet the following physiological requirements : — I St. —Absence of pressure over the spinal column. 2nd.—Full inflation of the lungs, by permitting free lateral rib- breathing. 3rd.—Freedom from downward abdominal pressure by support from the shoulders. 4th.—Complete immunity from the injurious effects of the stiff unyielding bust of ordinary Stays. MADE TO MEASURE FROM 10/6 TO 42/- Price Lists and Testimonials, Post Free, on Application. This Corset is approved and recommended by Miss Chreiman, Principal of the London College of Hygienic, Physical Training. Mrs. Longshore-Potts, M.D., of the Women’s Medical College, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Mr. Emil Behnke, 12, Avonmore Road, West Kensington, Teacher of Voice Production to Singers, Speakers, and Speech Sufferers. Mr. Hermann Vezin, 10, Lancaster Place, Strand, Actor and Professor of Elocution,—and many others.