Health and beauty by Caplin

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Health and beauty is a book from 1854 by Caplin. wikisource

Contents

[edit] Introduction.

Frontispiece

I

II

III

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

[edit] Chapter I. On the relation of dress to the human figure.

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Minerva

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Venus

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Diana

[edit] Chapter II. On infancy, and the dresses adapted to that period of life.

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Umbilical contracting belt.

[edit] Chapter III. Clothing from the age of one to twelve years.

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[edit] Chapter IV. Clothing from the age of twelve to eighteen years.

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Present fashion

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Fig. 1.—Chest expander.

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Fig. 2.—Archery exercise.

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Fig. 3.—Rowing position.

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Fig. 4.—Sawing exercise.

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Fig. 5.—Treading position.

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Fig. 6.—Jumping position.

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Figures of a boy.

Figures of a boy.

[edit] Chapter V. The corset, it history, use, and abuse.

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Margaret, wife of Louis, king of France, A. D. 1234.

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[edit] Chapter VI. On the adaptation of the corset to the body.

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Plate I 1.

Plate I 2.

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Plate II 1.

Plate II 2.

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Hebe.

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Plate III 1.

Plate III 2.

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Petticoat suspender.

Plate IV 1.

Plate IV 2.

[edit] Chapter VII. On gestation.

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Plate V 1.

Plate V 2.

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Gestation corset.

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Contracting belt.

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[edit] Chapter VIII. Middle life.

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[edit] Chapter IX. On spinal deformities.

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Braces.

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Venus.

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Scapula contractor.

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Child's bodice.

Child's bodice.

[edit] Chapter X. Old age, and its requirements.

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