Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-06-22

Young ladies require nearly As much exercise a.
boys bu, Of = les. ,iolen, character. They rcqo
loose easy ccghing. that the bones concerned tho
formation Of tho apartment In which - placed the vital
apparatus, may be free and unres'rainei.
Whatever has a tendency oonhae those parts Of
the frame which designed ior motion, positively
tends to tho production Of disease is therefore of,he
highest iu'rrcs, to nwellbcins Of our species that
an elementary knowledge Of the structure Of the hu
body should be taught, and everywhere undet'
stood that precautions may he taken avoid threat
ening danger Physical education IL no, OIL, too
much neglected. but, what n still more lamen,able,
scarcely appreciated In this country II parents, In
the frs, place and instructors IN tho second, studied
the educ alton Of the body the intellectual iacul
ties would be fully and enereetically developed
Above ALL the young should he instructed correctly IN
I the knowledge of the laws Of animal life.
/ The lungs too, suffer and in those cases, rh'el
n,Heiy hundred, where stays have been laced
very early life before the ribs have become per
icotly ossifsd the chest is sever developed II never
assumes the form which it would have had were it moi
for this mechanical restraint, consequently, for wan
Of capacity or, in other words, for the of room
the lungs small for the acquisitions of the body
they cauno, osygenate the blood indispensable
vital process.
Corset rds quite reprehensible though thu
injuries TO which they give rise less apparent IL
the beginning The busk operates almost erclu-ivel,
on the breast bone, which easily ben, ou
OF It's original position at its lower extremity.
BY constant pressure of an elastic board the low
end of the slernum which luts down into the abdom
ina muscles three inches, is forced inv ard
becoming oss6ed in that direction, is productive OF &c
rous injury to the stomach which lies just behind It,
A multitude of painful and ptotracied diseaes, b
which thoughtless females, in this age, hurried
early grave, have their origin in this horrible
tom Of wearing stays. Thousands upon thousands c
young ladies' the yearly victims, even in the Unite
States, to consumption, which is wholly reierable
this fashionable taste of conforming To practice whic
has for its object The improvement OF the female form
though the Creator, n constructing the most beau
tfu work of his creation, neglected TO give that finish
ing process, which they imagine themselves TO hay
discovered, and which can alone be satisfactory TO III
While we lament the tolerance Of an evil in our cour
try that sweeps the young, the beautiful, and the IL
elgent to the tomb before tho summer OF life is farl
commenced, scarcely indulge the hope of reor
nation pernicious customs which are preserved
common consent cannot be easily overcome by pei
suasion or argument
} IT. Notwithstanding the many illustrations given
the sad effects Of stays and busks, by various phar
thropic writer's mothers and nurses manifest disp,
sition to be influenced by their opinions and advice
the duty certainly devolves all public teacher
in delicate and appropriate manner to instruct the
pupils in the first principles OF preserving health
explaining their morbid effects.
One OF the first lessons in physical education shoul
be to strip from the pupil every unnecessary restrain
upon the body and limbs-[ Smiths Anatomical Cla
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