Complex sentence: For the same amount of time, doctors spoke against the practice, citing dramatic risks to the wearer's health; however, many claims were based on the incomplete medical knowledge of the day, as well as incorrect assumptions and beliefs about the female body.
Split into simpler sentences: For the same amount of time, doctors spoke against the practice, citing dramatic risks to the wearer's health. However, many claims were based on the incomplete medical knowledge of the day, as well as incorrect assumptions and beliefs about the female body.