Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-08-26


end to end by the spinal narraw-which
is onY an eongation, or oif,shoot OF the
brain, From the upper halrof the spine,
proceed twelve ribs on each side. curvng
forward and outward, TIL they approach
within one, or two, or three inches, Of the
Siernum, or brcaStbone when their bony
substance ends, and they become grses,
seven Of which are socketed or hinged
into the breast bone, as the ribs are not
1.-The smne The breast bone IL long aud
fat, an inch or more broad, extended
IIengthwise about six or eight inches, from
the throat to the pit Of the stomach and
is held firm in its place chiefly by the rib.
grisres above mentioned, and by the col
lar bones, which comes across from the
shoulders and are fitted into its upper end.
All these bones and grisleS above men-
toned, and by the collar bones, which
come across from the shoulders Did are
fitted into its upper end. All these bones
and grlstes are very soft in childhood
but harden as we grow up, aud are s'ron~
gesl at the age o. thirty or forty. They,
altogether form spacious arched cham
Der or cavity, in which the heart, lungs,
IinnumerabIe arteries, veins, valves, AMI
muscles, perform their important offices;
contracting. dilating, inhallng fresh air
with one set of cells, using part OF II to
purify the venus blood, and then eyhaI-
ing the rest through another set receIv.
ing from the veins blood which has gone
its round, cleansing it with wonderful art
in few moments, and sending it out Il.
gain bY the arteries to meandGr through,
aud renovate continually every part OF
the frame. AT every breath the lungs d.
ate aud contract-at every breath the
heart receives tide of blood mo one of
its divisions, and pours out an equal tide
from another propellng it with force
equal 10 forty or fifty pounds weight
For all these delicate momenlous operas
atoms, the chamber which nature has pro.
vIded is exactly Of the proper size no. a
hair 5 breadth 100 small, or hairs breadth
too large. Nay, il is large enough, and
the vital movements can be performed,
only by certain movements o. the bones
which compose it. The rib hinge into the
spine, and the grislleS and collar bones
hinge INTO the Srenum there are POINTS
also whore the ribs and gristtc unite. BY
means Of these hinges and oints, the
bones and grlsles necessarily play in and
out, or up and down, nj each movement OF
the lungs and to their healthIu move-
menrs, the freedom of that play is lndls.
pensIbIe.
Now, corset, or tight laci1g Of any
kind, letters the free play OF those bones !;
destroy all the advantage OF The Joints and
hinges which nature has PROVIDED and
thus lessons the room in which the Ian IS
and heart move-besldes deprjvmg them
of the aid, and the impulse ;hey derive
from the motion of the bones and muscles
But all this is not hall the mischief The
ribs especially AT the joints or hinges, be-
ing soft IN young people, and the grIstIes
much softer are composed by the Iaclng
so as to approach nearer aud nearer 10
the breast bone in front sometimes
they lap over it and meet each other; nay,
there are instances of tight Iacing where
the ribs have not only passed the s.ernum
and meet, but have over.eaped each other!
Far short Of that extreme, however, fatal
effect may be expected. Quite a moder-
ate degree Of facing sutlices sometimes 10
bring The points OF the ribs several inches
TO forward, and Ito press the stcrnum IN.
wards narrowing just so much, that The
chamber which was at first not a hairs
breadth too large for the lungs and heart
to work in besides stopping the auxlIa-
ry motion of the bones themselves. The
consequences need notsbe detailed. The
lungs thus cribbed, aud forced 10 beat in
vain against the contracted walls of their
prison, should be inflamed and disea sed
that the breathing should become short
and difficult that the heart should be
subject 10 unnatural pal pitations, and no
longer drive the blood with regular and
heaIthIuI vgor along the arteries that
youths Joyous aud active sports must be
permanently abandoned and that life it.
self, perhaps after years Of suffering,
should retire from its beeagured and ops
pressed citadel !; excite no wonder.
One fact will show most strikingy, the
horrible violence done to nature by tight
Iacing. The fabric | have described
composed Of the spine, the sternum, the
ribs and their grisles-s naturally cone
shaped smallest at top, and broadest at
bottom, where the diaphragm separates
it from the stomach, etc Now, by lac.
ing the lower ribs are SO compressed
their greater portions being grisle, the
lowest part of the cone is made the small
lest And that il is, which makes those
tooishly admired waists tapering down.
wards. Let every man who does not wish
to marry consumption, Cardlls, angina
pectoris, or dyspepsia, beware OF that
taPering waist
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