Ludovic O'Followell (born 1872 in

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- 29 January 1965) was a French medical doctor and writer. He is best known for his work demonstrating the effects of

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s on the shape of the

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with

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s. 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

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magazine ''Les Dessous.''

Publications

* ''Le Corset'' (1905) * ''Le sérum marin'' (impr. Alcan-Lévy, 1906) * ''Le Corset'' (1908) * ''Des Punitions Chez Les Enfants'' * ''Pauvres veuves, pauvres malades, pauvres vieux...'' (Arrault, 1936) * Accessible in full text o
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*
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

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