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Title: Anatomy, physiology and hygiene
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Walker, Jerome, 1845-
Subjects: Physiology Health
Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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o outlines at the waist.This is not what is called tight lac-ing, but from a working costume.(Dickinson). 1 It is well known to medical examiners of life insurance companies andfor the army and navy, that the measurement around (he middle of thechest, even with the clothes on, should show at least two inches differencebetween the chest expanded by full inspiration and contracted by Eorcedexpiration. The difference, in health, is from 2 to I inches,the averagebeing about 3. Now, a chest that expands (after being emptied as far aspossible of air) only 1^ to If inches with bight garments on. will oftenexpand 2\ to :)\ inches with the garments removed. This latter degree ofexpansion is the normal one, and any garment that lessens it is too tight. 102 CLOTHING. 103. No articles of dress, perhaps, need to be so nicelyadjusted, for the comfort of the individual, as boots andshoes.1 If too large, they cause discomfort, corns and bun-ions, and loss of temper; if too small, they do all this and
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Fig. 41. Vertical section of right foot, showing the arches and the relations of the variousstructures. B, bones.M, muscles. T, tendonsF, fat. C, connective tissue.BL, blood-vessels. more; they interfere with muscular exercise, cause coldfeet, pain, and deformity. In shoes modelled upon lasts of wrong shape the weightis thrown upon or toward the outer side of the foot, insteadof being borne, as it should be, directly over a line drawnfrom the middle of the heel to the middle of the big toe.2 1 It is said that the Duke of Wellington, being questioned as to themost essential requisite of a soldiers clothing, replied, A good pair ofshoes. What next ? A spare pair of good shoes; and even thirdly, Aspare pair of soles. — Mapothek, Lectures on Public Health. 2 Unfortunately, normal feet are rare, because properly constructedand fitting shoes are by many not considered stylish enough. It is not aquestion of square, round, or pointed toe. The shape is a matter of fancy.But the selection of

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