The figure of a skeleton in a shroud is pulling the laces on a girl's stays. Process print.

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The figure of a skeleton in a shroud is pulling the laces on a girl's stays. Process print. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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King death on the stage. Tight Lacing! "Good God, Harry, undo me; I'm dying", gasped poor Kittie Tyrrel, who was playing in the Elephant and Castle pantomime. The Coroner: What did she mean? Harry: She was laced very tightly. A post-mortem examination showed that death was due to syncope. The Coroner: What caused this? Witness: She was very tightly laced, and I think this had brought on failure of the heart's action.

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