metal corsets
... that metal corsets probably served a medical purpose rather than being a "cruel, tortuous fashion" enforced by a dominant 16th-century queen?
... that <b id="mwCsU"><a href="./Metal_corset" id="mwCsY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Metal corset">metal corsets</a></b> probably served a medical purpose rather than being a "cruel, tortuous fashion" enforced by a <a href="./Catherine_de'_Medici" id="mwCsc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catherine de' Medici">dominant 16th-century queen</a>?<!--Special occasion request for October 31 (Halloween)-->