The Pathology of Tight Collars.
A chapter, says the 'Hospital Gazette,' might be written on the deleterious effects of tight collars, and especially of that variety which project* stiffly beneath the neck, to the manifest discomfort of the wearer and the amusement of beholders. Hy oompressing the veins they, of course, interfere with the return of blood from the head, and thereby promote red noses and pimpled faces, against whioh all the cosmetic lotions in the world are of no avail so long as the mechanical cause is allowed to remain. Tight collars are even accused—and with some Bhow of reason—of oausing serious defects of the visual apparatus due to heightened blood preasure arising from the artificial impediment to the blood flow at the root of the neck. We should not be surprised to find that these execrable contrivances were also responsible for watery eyeß, pendant lips, and tho general vacuousnees of expression whioh usually characterise the physiognomy of their wearers.
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Evening Star, Issue 8399, 27 December 1890, Page 3
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161The Pathology of Tight Collars. Evening Star, Issue 8399, 27 December 1890, Page 3
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