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or less prolonged. The weight of evidence would seem to indicate, that, with those of the “ forming-period,” the result of such influences is to repress and retard; while, with those of maturer years, it is to render more frequent and profuse. It is to be regretted that it is not readily possible to more completely separate the other deleterious influences, as posture, confinement, etc., from the distinct operation of the physico-mental concentration and activity. A review, however, of the foregoing, indicates conclusively that, —
Though the extent of the employ of “ forming ” girls is not wide, wherever occurring, the results are those declared, and are exactly such as we should expect from the class of influence at work;
That this type of influence exerts its specific effects, even upon those more advanced in years ; and, —
Its results are more quickly realized than those of any other influences tending toward the same channel of ill health.