New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-29
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
UNDERSTANDING BY CORSET.

FIGURE-TRAlNlNG BY COhoE L.
Dr Alfred Chadwick, an advocate of what
he calls "hgnre-training 10y corset, says IN
,,on,eut that fully 30 per cent oil women are
Jaformad Inv staysr " IL such were the Case
he adds, should not hesitate to say that 9o
rer cent OF omen knew nothing OF laclng' loI
If Iacirg the figure is pracused IN ludlclons
,oa|rar instead OF deforInity would come eie-
rance aud health. well-appiled foIs,S ,.
leaves the upper Part OF the chest periec'll
free. and develops the capacity oil inc Iu ii!-i
in that situatiOn-the most important s4'u ~
nv the way, especially in the 1enalf -
1'ubercular consumption usnally altlo8, So,
apices of the lungs, part IaT IenV'G; Foot
tie pressure of a corset, however tlght-n -. 49,
the tighter the corset IN the lower pa o ~
chest, the greater amount Oh '; MD NOT lead
sion In the upper part, but TINS WOuiu ny 80
20 concentration similar state exists cuIlns
nreynancv. when the uterus encrOaches upon
the lupg space. There appears 70 DE only one
way in which tight-laeng orecuy can u.an7
sh0ut consumption and that Is by so compress
ipc the lung in its lower part that no tIesn ar
can enter it, "A sort of collapse and cainihcdoon
ensuing. a diminished use leading 10 uesSSnirs
alton OF lung tissue Such state OF 'i' IL
would only take place when ught-lacihg Ia
been suddenly performed and persisted III a" a.
s set. 9 ''- Wv g.. - hattcr
DR.. Chadwick believes woman Ism - III corset
health when wearing prOper-n V'inS -,
- - liable 10 suffer from cOnsUlh pViV''
a,u,ons,a or SPINAL curvature, but ne 9epIe
siates the beginning OF tlght-IacIlfe 9 ~ re
.What | consider to be the pert t1nIa fl,nre
a,nlication of the corset to the female u -uie
az In the male he says, 4" Is 10 beSln edlly -
ife saw NJ the age Of seven or ten years anu
then only with very yielding ma,GIIh4s, -.
nitting the corset simply to touch thS CUn.G;I
nf tbe body. though little 1rmer at the Nal3t'
Hstba y,rl crows M and the chest expands
fine bust of The corset may be very prVpt!y
made larger, the waist at the same tlhe ooiI
knit within bounds. If such system We
carefully carried out, there never WoUlu DC any
In, nressure anywhere and the girl VINO
reaches wOmanhOOd will possess the peIIe'.:"'
nj n figure with lis round aud taper W"'sS,
broad shoulders and well-developed cheet' IL
always was and will be necessary 10 TtS su"'n,
limit and correct the growing hgure: "T TnI
AID nature seldom forms good waist. Ol"u
nal and early correction, instead OF NIoieiI' -
sudden reduction of defOrmity, IS the way, 20
achieve success-nO evil affects can pOsSI9'S
srsne In the wearing OF the corset, the de-
gree of comfort with which II Is borne sHo,t4u
he tbe fest of utility. Early care ana Ju4'C-
ions management will il every case succeed III
attaining elegance and IN preserving ne'A'"
THE FORMATION OF CARBONIC OXIDE
With reference to the question whether by
combustion of carbon ut a high Temperatures
fie formation Of carbOnic acid or OF CMOouc
oxide is favored, Professor LedeouI exp esSc9
himself to the following effect; Hheh Il car
hon containing fuel, Is burned, we speiA Ol
nerfecf combustion where the gases Oh COM
huStiGn no longer contain any compuSnoie con
stitlent. and so consist of Carnonlc acIl, Alttp-
cen and steam. This complete combustion
ran he reached only with al excess OF oxygen,
and il is promoted by hl%h temperature III
the place of con bustiOni the higher the tenn
perature is, 50 much the smaller excess OF oAy-
cen sutices. in general, To bring about the
combustion. This general fact has gwen ulrec-
finu To n wide-Suread erl0r-that hSh TEN
peratme generally promotes the production Oh
carbouic acid and low temperature tndi OF car
bJnic oxide. Only the first part OF IIls con
ciusiOn is correct where an excess OF oxygen :
Vreseut the second part, regarding carbonic
oxide formation, is quite false hlEh tenn
uerature favOrs the chemical union or car
bon ard oxygen. From tins cmpulca
propOsitiOn the inference may eVldthuy
be made that if a SUFFICIENT quantity "a
both substances is present hIgh temperature
must favor the production OF caroOnlc CNl0e'
This is no matter of theory bat or OOStlYduoh'
which NAV be made any day. Dr StOcknian
found with IA cold working generator, 10 per
cent Of carbonic oxide, y per cent OF cafuOhlc
acid with n hot-Working one, - per cent OF car
bOnic oxide and per cent of carOOHc ac!u'
similar phenomenon occurs ID the prepaIa-
tiOD of water-ga the larger the extent o. tue
process curried on, and 50 the more the geuer-
ator is cooled, the more abundant l. me FORM
otion of carhOnic acid. Quite similar pro-
cosses occur III the iron b.lat-furuaces, where
Il is observed that the higher the temperature
tie more quickly and perfectly tie lree OAE-
cen not only disappears bat c0mOlnts WIN
carbon to form CarDOnc oxide. therefore
heating with the blast promotes the prQGuc-
zion OF carbonic oxide in the furnace. W ere
tie opposite view correct, then, with the
strongly oxidlzng property OF carbonlc aciG
at high temperature, tie hot baat WonId
facilitate as It does the production OF varieties
of pig-iIon rich IN sllicUE and manganese.