During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular 'moment' in which perceptions of the consumptive disease became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing out in the clothing fashions of the day. With the ravages of the illness widely regarded as conferring beauty on the sufferer, it became commonplace to regard tuberculosis as a positive affliction, one to be emulated in both beauty practices and dress. While medical writers of the time believed that the fashionable way of life of many women actually rendered them susceptible to the disease, Carolyn A. Day investigates the deliberate and widespread flouting of admonitions against these fashion practices in the pursuit of beauty.
Through an exploration of contemporary social trends and medical advice revealed in medical writing, literature and personal papers, Consumptive Chic uncovers the intimate relationship between fashionable women's clothing, and medical understandings of the illness. Illustrated with over 40 full color fashion plates, caricatures, medical images, and photographs of original garments, this is a compelling story of the intimate relationship between the body, beauty, and disease - and the rise of 'tubercular chic'.
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Consumptive
Chic
8
uncertainty
of
contemporary
diagnosis.
Consumption’s
slow,
creeping
nature
meant
that
it
oſten
remained
unnoticed
until
the
latter
stages,
and
its
nomenclature
further
complicates
the
assessment
of
mortality.
e
terms
phthisis
and
pulmonary
consumption
were
used,
almost
indiscriminately,
to
indicate
a
number
of
unrelated
maladies.
7
e
designation
of
consumption
was
particularly
problematic,
as
it
was
oſten
applied
to
any
illness
accompanied
by
weight
loss.
In
spite
of
these
diffi
culties,
it
is
clear
that
the
nineteenth
century
can
reliably
be
termed
the
“age
of
consumption,”
whether
one
cites
the
disease’s
actual
or
imagined
impact.
It
can
also
be
styled
the
age
of
medical
statistics.
8
Until
the
nineteenth
century,
there
were
no
regular
or
accurate
records
of
quantitative
Figure
1.1
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Harvey
by
A.
Hertochs,
n.d.
Wellcome
Library,
London.
Copyrighted
work
available
under
Creative
Commons
Attribution
only
licence
CC
BY
4.0
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Table of contents
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF PLATES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 THE APPROACH TO ILLNESS
- CHAPTER 2 THE CURIOUS CASE OF CONSUMPTION: A FAMILY AFFAIR
- CHAPTER 3 EXCITING CONSUMPTION: THE CAUSES AND CULTURE OF AN ILLNESS
- CHAPTER 4 MORALITY, MORTALITY, AND ROMANTICIZING DEATH
- CHAPTER 5 THE ANGEL OF DEATH IN THE HOUSEHOLD
- CHAPTER 6 TRAGEDY AND TUBERCULOSIS: THE SIDDONS STORY
- CHAPTER 7 DYING TO BE BEAUTIFUL: THE CONSUMPTIVE CHIC
- CHAPTER 8 THE AGONY OF CONCEIT: CLOTHING AND CONSUMPTION
- EPILOGUE: THE END OF CONSUMPTIVE CHIC
- CONCLUDING THE FASHION
- NOTES
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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