Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

German Physician Points Out Some
of the Evil Results.

A legislative war against that hercely be-
loved and fiercely condemned article Of
feminine civilized array, the corset Is
raging in Paris, that nest Of corset facto-
ries DR.. Schweninger, Prince Bismarck 8
physician. has been talking to New York
World correspondent on the subject.
where fashion begins" said DIR. Schwen-
niger, medicine takes q back seat. By
this do not mean to say that the physi-
clan should be the handmade Of the dress
maker and make good where the other
has sinned. / want 1t understood that
am no more opposed to corsets than to q
tight waistband, to q girdle that COM
presses the waist, or in the case Of men
to a sash or pantaloons that are too mar
row In the waist. All these articles of tor
ture cause disturbance Of the internal or
gans, enervate their functions, ruin diges-
ton and diminish the capacity for eXer-
ton for breathing and for clear head.
Ulcer, gall stones, all sorts of kidney
troubles, Observation-Disclosures from which
50 per cent Of all women of the day suffer
more or less-are the legitimate results Of
some sort of compression Of the waist and
lower part Of the chest decresd by fashion.
THE corset or belt-wearing habit does
not affect all people alike. In stout per-
sons the fat often serves as q bolster;
growing girls suffer most from corsets or
belts, as their compression squeezes false
ribs together and forces the girls to
breathe In the region Of the upper ribs.
Look at a basket Of peaches. Wherever
the fruit has suffered compressions we see
a mark caused by stoppage of saps. So
with the man. Compression causes stagna-
ton Of the gastric juices. in addition to
stagnation of the blood; hence, cold hands
and feet, pains in the back and headaches.
Il say woman or girl wearing corsets
or belt habitually from morning till
night (some actresses wear them even in
ha6 "a hn hnolf hn,t1I hA
worn only for a couple Of hours ut special
occasions But wearing corsets habitually
does not only affect the general health, but
also the looks Of person. l have often
been asked by women Of middle age about
the cause Of undue fattiness of the bust,
hips and stomach from which they were
suffering. Some. when i told them that
pressure caL.es the accumulation of fat.
refused to believe me; though they needed
but look at their hands to verify my as
sertion: The ringed fingers are always
thicker than tnose without 1ewelry."
>. " ., do do y you think of the new French
"Lycurgus was che only law-giver on
matters Of dress that ever exhibited COM
mon sense" answered DR.. Schweninger.
He made 1t the privilege Of the women Of
garments A frightful example of the cor
sets deadly nature is furnished in the his
tory OF tho DaLhau territory, In Bavaria.
The peasants of Dachau. many hundred
years ago, auOpteO ndtlCHdl OTeSS the
leading feature of which was a corset.
reaching almost to the chin. AS a result
the strong and healthy women OF the dis
trict gradually lost their shape: they lost
the ability to nurse their children, and as
in those days hired wet nurses, sterilized
milk and other surrogates were not known,
the tribe died out completely. None of the
Dachau peasants of the present day re-
member their grandparents. Their moth
ers were imported from other parts Of Ba-
varfa. The national dress was abolished
by order Of the government"