A LENGTHENING PROCESS.
The woman who is to undergo the process is incased in a very tight corset, and her feet are placed in shoes weighted with 50 pounds of lead each. She is then placed in a machine, consisting of a ring, which encircles her waist, and is suspended from the ceiling at such a height as to prevent her feet from touching the ground. The pressure of the corset forces the Upper part of her body upward, and the weight of the shoes stretches hor from the waist downward. It is estimated that the extreme length to which the spine can be stretched by bhe process i bus described is two inches, and that the knee aud hip joints, can be streched an inch and a half more. Thus three inches and a half can be added to the height Of almost any woman who has the courage to undergo the trouble and pain necessarily connected with a stretching process lasting, with brief intervals, during five or six months. — v London World."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/IT18840130.2.11
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1355, 30 January 1884, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
174A LENGTHENING PROCESS. Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1355, 30 January 1884, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in