Ludovic O'Followell (born 1872 in Portslade - 29 January 1965) was a French medical doctor and writer.[1][2] He is best known for his work demonstrating the effects of corsets on the shape of the rib cage with X-rays. Following the publication of Le Corset in 1905 and 1908, he encouraged a less severe design of corset and wrote a regular column for the corsetier magazine Les Dessous.[3]

Publications

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  • Le Corset (1905)
  • Le sérum marin (impr. Alcan-Lévy, 1906)
  • Le Corset (1908)[4][5]
  • Des Punitions Chez Les Enfants
  • Pauvres veuves, pauvres malades, pauvres vieux... (Arrault, 1936)
  • L'humour et les humoristes. Largentière: Imprimerie E. Majel. 1938. Accessible in full text on NordNum.
  • La Vie manquée de Félix Arvers (Humbert, 1947)
  • Déshabillez-vous ... ou soixante ans de la vie d'un médecin, Largentière: Humbert et Fils, 1951.
  • En levant les yeux, A. Fauvel, 1955

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References

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  1. ^ O'Followell catalogue. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Visionneuse - Archives de Paris". archives.paris.fr. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ^ "In 1908, a Doctor Used X-Rays to Highlight the Damaging Effects of Tight Corsets on a Woman's Body » Design You Trust". designyoutrust.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. ^ Ford, Richard Thompson (18 January 2022). Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History. Simon and Schuster. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-5011-8008-8.
  5. ^ Goldberg, Johanna (29 May 2015). "Ludovic O'Followell". Books, Health and History. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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