The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-26
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Necessity for DiSFegaFGling an I'm.
wise CHSIOIIl.sDlSASl Effects
Of Wearing Garments that lllI-
pede the Circulation Of tho
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wise CISlOInssD disastrous Effects
Of Wearing Garments that lnIs
pede the Circulation Of the
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To tho Editor Of tho New York Tribune: \,
Sir! Your correspondent oil "DrOss
Reform" In recent Tribune, certainly
gave lis some very sensible views, The
objection, however, which shO makes to
suspending tho weight Of wOman's dress
from tho shoulder instead Of the hips, it
seems to mic, ought to be, and can be,
easily overcome. quote IL:
II is said that the weight Of tho skirts
should DO leSened by suspending them
as men suspend their pantalOOns. Now
| do not think l put II too low when say
that there are just about five women out
OF q hundred who can wear sllspenders
and not DO thoroughly uncomfortable all
tho time. There arc very few women
whose shoulders are square enough to
hold them up firmly as they stand upon
mems shoulders. With the ninety.Gve II
Is q constant "pull.pulp to get them up
where they be long, and tho unhappy
wearers either keep up q frantic and uIl'
graceful grasping ut either shoulder, or
else they nndrcss half n dozen times n day
and take up the suspendOrs, by no nleans
helping the difficulty, but only creating .
greater strain on tho shoulders and back.
This discomfort, II It exists, Ia readily
obviatcd by connecting tho straps by
means of short band between the shout.
der.bladea and crossing them In front.
Ono thing ia certain, that the physical de-
gcncrucy OF women Is due moro to this
ono vice Of suspenjing tlle dress from tho
hips, orgirtGd waist, than to any or per.
hapS all other causes. Fashion holds n
relentless tyranny over tho increasingly
feeble bodies and minds Of women. II
wC should sec a strong draft .horSo har-
messed with tho pressure on the lOins We
would pity him; but delicate woman Is
ignorantly obliged to carry her heavy
clothing thus without pity for herself.
Women have frequently been told that
tight.iitting heavy dresses and ligatDites
arc injurious, but the reasons have not
been clearly explained.
Any ligature or pressure on the veins
which retards freely reLurning1of venous
blood ,dCrangcs the circulation by making
II unequal, and imprisons deatll-dealihg
Carbonlzed blood IN the system thus oycf-
charging tho internal veins and fine
capillariGs. Tho consequence Of this Ia
inflammation, tumorS, and diseased grOwths
sometimes terminating in abSeesscs moro
or less malignant-often In slow OF sud.
den death. Physiology teaches us that
tho least pressure Ia sufficient 10 close a
vein, tho tissue OF tho veins being very
Soit aud easily closed, hence tho weight
OF Cvon needed clothing, II improperly
placed upon them, IL detrimental. How
much more so must lie tho enormous
weight Of fashionable lady'sdfess when
bound aud gathered around her waist.
On the right side abe compte@es the
liver, on tho left tho spleen and stomach,
and on the back the kidneys and spinal
nerves, and pushes the abdominal organs
aud womb out OF place. Tie terribly.
fatal results eternity alone can unfold.
Besides these the numerous nervous lls.
eases from which women suffer 80 much
can often bC traced to this cause. Tho
great network Of nerves applying the
pelvic organs reflect agony to tho brain
through every nerve-librC pasSing frotn
them, causing hysteria, functional le.
rallgemCnt Of the heart and liver, dyspcp.
aid, sick headache, neuralgia, and often
insanity. These diseases are 80 generally
caused by reflex nervous action, depend:
enL on diseases Of the pelvic organs, and
tho first cause L. 30 often found In tic OBJ
sttucted circulation Of the blood In consc-
quenco Of heavy, tight dressing from the
waist, that, l think, II the dress Of wohicii
for tho next ten years could be improved
as suggested, this class Of diseases woIid
become comparatively unknown.
CAL.