EFFECTS OF TIGHT LACING.
The evil of tight lacing was shown at an inquest held by Dr. Thomas, coroner for Central Middlesex, at Kilburn, upon the body of Mrs. Amelia Jury. Dr. Hill, in his evidence as to the post mortem examination he found that the stomach was contracted in the middle by a firm band narrowing it to one-eigth of its usual size, so there were virtually two stomachs, and this contraction was on a level with a deep indentation on the liver, corresponding to where the stays were tightly bound round. The liver itself was flattened out, and was driven down very deep into the pelvis also, and there was no doubt that this was also produced by tight lacing.—The Coroner said that he some time ago held an inquest where it was shown that the liver had been very seriously injured through tight lacing, and perhaps these cases would act as a caution against the practice now adopted.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 979, 17 September 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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161EFFECTS OF TIGHT LACING. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 979, 17 September 1881, Page 2 (Supplement)
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