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Hygienic dress lecture mocks hoop skirts and male trousers
Dr Emily B Ryder urged women to protect vital organs with health dress reform. She cited North China wearers as example of freedom of movement and warned against hoop skirts and long bustles. A London inquest linked tight lacing to cirrhosis and heart failure in a young servant, with Coroner noting potential asphyxia from congestion. Sun Le Bren praise ends the item as Pune beverage notice.
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Emily B. Ryder
Ryder
Persia
North
China
G. Danford Thomas
St. Pancras
London
Florence Kate Dunnett
Highbury Crescent
Highbury
Dunnett
King’s Cross
Calvert
Elizabeth Dyer