Note 46 — CLOTHES.

“Stays and stiff Jackets are most pernicious; they disfigure the beautiful and upright shape of a Woman, and injure the Breast and Bowels; obstruct the breathing and digestion; hurt the breast and nipples so much that many Mothers have been prevented by their use from suckling their Children; many hence get Cancers, and at last lose both Health and Life—for they render the delivery of Women very difficult and dangerous both to Mother and Child.”—From Dr. Faust’s Catechism of Health, 12mo. p. 39. Edinburgh, 1797.