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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Ueber die Wirkungen der Schnürbrüste.

Publication Details

Berlin: Voss, 1793 CE.

Soemmerring enumerated the bad effects of tight corsets on the internal organs of women. His book created much interest and resulted in a great decline in the fad of tight lacing and hoop skirts. This is the second edition, with one copperplate illustration at the end. The first, unillustrated, edition was published at Leipzig, 1788. Digital facsimile of the 1793 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#6022
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7232
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLueber-die-wirkungen-der-schnrbrste

Geographic Context

Publication place: Berlin

Mentioned in annotation: Leipzig