Editing Corset (section)

==== Prolapse ====
[[Uterine prolapse]] was a condition likely exacerbated by regular corset usage.<ref name="Steele2" /><ref name="Gau-1998">{{Cite web |last=Gau |first=Colleen Ruby |year=1998 |title=Historic medical perspectives of corseting and two physiologic studies with reenactors |url=https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/6490af37-411b-4143-9878-80ee706e47bd/content}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Lauren |date=2014-03-17 |title=No, corsets did not destroy the health of Victorian women |url=https://gizmodo.com/no-corsets-did-not-destroy-the-health-of-victorian-wom-1545644060 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}}</ref> Both [[Rectal prolapse|rectal]] and uterine prolapse occurred at a higher incidence during the Victorian era than today, with occurrences declining as the corset fell out of fashion.<ref name="Gau-1998" /> An 1888 doctor reported that “uterine derangement had increased fifty percent within the last fifteen years as a result of tight clothing, corsets and high heels."<ref name="Summers-2001" />{{Rp|page=113}} This era saw the development of a number of [[Pessary|pessaries]] and other devices patented to support the prolapsed uterus, the insertion of which frequently led to further complications; the topic was a subject of wide professional discussion among [[Gynaecology|gynecologists]].<ref name="Summers-2001" /><ref name="Klingerman-2006" />