The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)

X-ray image of a corset on a mannequin, showing the effects on the ribcage and waist.
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X-ray image of a corset on a mannequin, showing the effects on the ribcage and waist.
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"A columnist for the deluxe corsetier’s magazine Les Dessous Elégance, the French doctor was responding to a nineteenth-century backlash against bound support, the most extreme elements of which castigated women seeking a 'wisp waist' as criminals with perverted taste, who intentionally harmed their childbearing abilities for the sake of vanity."

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