Open drawers are undergarments where the backs and front of the legs are not joined together; they were split in the middle to make it easier to urinate.

Open drawers are undergarments where the backs and front of the legs are not joined together, being split in the middle to make it easier to urinate.

The legs may be constructed as for closed drawers, i.e. as knickerbockers with bands, or they may be made up with a deep hem, and narrow tucks above.

Dr. E. R. Palmer wrote against their use:[4] I saw in a paper the other day that ladies in a Canadian city had a grand convention, and had celebrated their magnificent resolve by building in a public square a bonfire, being fed by the corsets they had been wearing.

If it is gonorrhea, it is due to external infection, and I hold that infection takes place as frequently in this as in any other way on account of the delicate organ being unprotected.Conversely, E. R. Shepherd wrote in favor of the open drawers:[5] Many physicians oppose the wearing of closed drawers by women.