Ludovic O'Followell explained

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

• 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)
• Book: L'humour et les humoristes. Imprimerie E. Majel. 1938. Largentière. 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

See also

• Corset
• X-ray

References

Further reading

• Le Corset (1908), chapter 2 (in French)

Notes and References

1. Book: O'Followell catalogue. 5 March 2024.
2. Web site: Visionneuse - Archives de Paris . 2022-12-16 . archives.paris.fr.
3. Web site: In 1908, a Doctor Used X-Rays to Highlight the Damaging Effects of Tight Corsets on a Woman's Body » Design You Trust . 2022-12-16 . designyoutrust.com.
4. Book: Ford, Richard Thompson . Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History . 2022-01-18 . Simon and Schuster . 978-1-5011-8008-8 . 131 . en.
5. Web site: Goldberg . Johanna . 29 May 2015 . Ludovic O'Followell . 2022-12-16 . Books, Health and History . en.