Braces, a supplementary article of dress, now very generally adopted; which by rendering a tight cincture altogether unnecessary, cannot be too much recommended, both to men and women, for the sake of health as well as comfort. If they were used to keep up the stockings, instead of tight garters, it would be an improvement of much greater moment than many are inclined to imagine ; for garters doubtless occasion great mischief, whether tied above or below the knee, in causing the part to which they are applied to acquire an unnatural hardness, in disposing the thighs and legs to dropsy, and inducing great fatigue in walking,