Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-05
VOL. XII. NO. 90

ION. 1t is true we NAV NJ times hsvab,d
feelings, but we do moi suspect hen ;, D..
In any way connected with e,roT - 80
gara 10 dress. Even the slightest suq-
ssuon oil a medical man that this Mas
the case would probably be reDelled. Or
u the suggestion was needed at iiesf. and
tne compression removed, the svs;sn.
having become accustomed to desei.d IN.
on artificial support, there is new dissrss
OF uneasiness for the want Of i.
But the more the dress is ,fsshsenes 81.
more 1t may be tighlened. Aca 80
tighter we wear 1t without producing
actual pain, the tighter we mav do so.t,i,
finally we become capable no, onlr ~
enduring, bnt even Of enjoying, "a sgme
measure. degree of compression which
at hrSt would have been absolotsly insup.
portable
Let US describe the bodily condition Of
an individual, in these circumstances. we
mean that Of one who says, and probably
believes, she is healthy.
The bones of her chest are broucbt
from the form of a sugar-oaf, as has heen
already mentioned, to that of a sug,r-la,f
inverted. The breast-bone is also pushed
out OF Its place more or less, If not ac.u.
ally curved
What congresses the lungs. al the same
time congresses the heart, so that II en-
neither dliate freely to receive the venous
blood, nor contract with energy TO send IL
off TO the lungs TO be purified. Nor can
the large pipe through which the blood.
after being purified. is sent out to az narts
OF the body, cramped as il il at the great
bend just above the heart, duly perform
It's Office. The liver is pushed down
wards and compressed or wedped ia be.
tween the lower edge of the ribs and the
back side of the abdomen, and also pushed
Iagainst the lungs above it.
What happens TO the heart and liver.
befalls also the stomach, only that the
pylorus or outlet of the latter, owing 70
It's position, is particularly disabled, and
also that the greater part Of this organ,
instead of being pinched between the ribs
and backbone, is pressed down upon the
lntesiines, the kidneys. bladder, &c, in
such way as greatly to impede their
ope rations.
Now this compression-ihis crampinr
as 1t were-of all these organs, whose
lull and free action is sosnecessary 10
health, produces results not wholly unlike
those which are produced on the lungs
BY hasty, disturbed and forced efforts.
they endeavor TO make ~ IN frequency Of
motion, what is lost in Space. This can.
not fail 10 produce infllmmatory action,
and finally arrangement of Junction and
even of structure.
Again-no sooner do the lungs begin
to suffer, than the heart suffers also
more from sympathy, perhaps, than from
actual compression or contact So il is
also with the stomach and liver. and with
all the internal organs. Nay, still more.
1t IS not one member or organ alone
which suffers, and which seems 10 excite
The sympathies ofthc others, and 10 cause
arrangement in the performance Of their
functions, severally, but all The organs
excite the sympathies Of all the other
organs, and suffer with them all. The
stomach, for example, not only suffers by
sympathy with the ssufferings Of the
lungs, but by sympalhizing also with all
the other organs. For these all, like the
stomach, seem 70 feel the sorrows OF their
suffering neighbor. and equally anxious,
as II were, TO remove them, Join in The
general Struggle to get rid Of the cause
OF causes which produce them.
Hence that long train of troublesome
complaints with which half the world
an important half too-are so generally
afflicted IN modern time. has IFS origin, in
no small degree, in compression Of the
chest. For the action Of the lungs, heart
and arteries, can not possibly be elevated
to "a degree which constitutes iDhammation
in these parts. and continue long 10 that
state. without inducing a corresponding
want of action elsewhere. Yet as right
action In other parts requires perfect
health and vigor, not only Of those other
parts, but Of the whole system, in order
that they may perform their wonted OF.
j flee, they can not do otherwise than be-
come subjected to suffering. Let those
for whom this paragraph is written, take
that heed which its exceeding great inn
portance to their welfare most essentially
demands
2 We have seen one female about Ia years Of
age, in whom the lower part OF the breast-bone was
turned inward so as 10 cause degree of dis
= placement OF The organs beneath, End affect both
her respiration and Circulation. Yet not only her
sef but her mother ALSO strongly Insisted that her
dress had never been in the least degree too tight