If the clothing is worn tight about the waist, great mischief is often done.

The lungs cannot expand properly, the stomach and liver are pressed out of shape, and the internal organs are crowded out of their proper places.
~7.

Tight Shoes.~--People are often made very lame from wearing tight shoes.

Their muscles cannot act properly, and their feet grow out of shape.
~8.~ In China, it is fashionable for rich ladies to have small feet, and they tie them up in cloths so that they cannot grow.

The foot is squeezed out of shape.