Certainly the restrictive corsets that Victorian women wore would have necessitated drinking as few fluids as possible. Low blood sugar is also popularly blamed for fainting – such as through ...

Fowler -- who warned that wearing a corset excited dangerous "amative desires" by pressing blood to bowels -- her reasoning is largely consistent with that found in such chauvinist classics as ...

It is advised that while wearing these corsets or any waist trainers, one should not allow much pressure on their waist as it can limit the blood flow. Apart from that, it can also misplace your ...

I was one of many readers who loved Purcell’s gothic Victorian ghost story, and she has returned once more with another tale to bewitch the senses and chill the blood. The Corset is a tale of ...

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