Excerpt from The Influence of Dress in Producing the Physical Decadence of American Women: Annual Address Upon Obstetrics and Gynecology These evidences point with tremendous emphasis to the fact of the decline of stamina in American women. A host of other facts confirming and supporting those given, might be brought forward; but I will not thus unnecessarily con sume your time, since the proposition is not likely to be disputed by any intelligent physician who has had wide Opportunities for observation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.