Sockwell Women's Circulator Graduated Compression Socks
Sockwell women's circulator graduated compression socks, "Patients were encouraged to wear their stockings everyday by applying them in the morning prior to growing from mattress." (Pappas 556) The compression garments helped patients maintain reduced girth. By putting compression garments on in advance of having away from bed, the patients did not give their limbs an opportunity to swell from gravity.