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fads, drugs, special devices and concludes that
except for a few glandular cases the solution is
diet and exercise. The material is alphabetically
arranged.

HaccarD, Howarp W. Man and his body. 1938.
594p. Harper, $4.

A broad and mature approach to personal hygiene
written by an eminent physiologist for employers,
college students or beginning medical school stu-
dents.

 

and JELLINEK, E, M. Alcohol explored.
1942. 297p. tables. diag. Doubleday, $2.75.

A sincere, unmoralizing approach to the subject of
alcohol. Two well-qualified authors discuss the
consumption of alcohol and its extent, actions in
the body, effect on behavior, resultant diseases
both mental and bodily, and inebriety.

HEIsER, Victor G. You’re the doctor. 1939.

300p. Norton, $3.

An analysis of the common elements of life per-
taining to physical fitness with special reference to
diet and exercise. Written for the public in popu-
lar style.

 

Toughen up America! 1941. 228p. Mc-
Graw-Hill, $2.

An inspirational treatise on the needs and methods

for getting fit. Deals in a popular manner with ©

foods, germs, sleep, exercises, and a variety of
health habits. Contains a description of ten body
building exercises.

Hitt, Cuartes. Your health in wartime. 1941.
48p. Univ. of London press, Is.

Deals with the spread of germs, immunization and
inoculation, cleanliness, warm feet and cool heads,
sleep and rest, and food.

Hiss, Jonn Martin. New feet for old. 1937.
161p. Doubleday, $2.

Three people out of five in these United States suf-
fer from some form of foot trouble. Thirty per
cent of these wince under the stress of those twin
abominations—broken arch and bunion. It is in an
effort to relieve some of this needless, nonsensical
suffering that this little book is written.

JEFFERY, CLEMENT. Fit after forty. 1939. 211p.
Muller, Ltd., Lond., 5s.

' Deals with middle age problems of fitness, stressing
the place of moderate exercise and diet. Has sec-
tions on constipation, winter health, change of life,
and the mind after forty.

JossELYN, Dante. W. Live up to yourself.
1941. 190p. Longmans, $2.

This is a popular book written to show people how
they can make the most of their energy. ‘‘I propose
this book as an equal training system for the
business athlete: a training system which sends
him to the office full of enthusiasm, which keeps
him vital and pleasant in the face of trying work,
and which brings him home with a generous mar-
gin of energy for study, active pleasures, happiness,
and health in general.”

 

3 ‘You can stay young. 1939. 143p. Stokes,
00.

Reviews the theories of youth and summarizes ac-
ceptable scientific principles in popular form. Gives
dietary program, endorses regulated exercise, and
emphasizes sleep and proper use of medical science.

KerrH, ArTHUR. The engines of the human
body. 1925. 3438p. Lippincott, $5.

A popular book based on a series of lectures given
to an audience of boys, girls, men and women.
Gives a detailed explanation of the body as if it
were composed of various machines found in the
industrial world.

Kimpatt, FRANK T. and ALLEN, ABBOTT W.
How to feel better and look it. 1942. 280p.
Duell, Sloan & Pearce, $2.50.

This book has been written to give you, in easy
“how to” terms, the scientific facts you really need
to know about yourself, along with certain practical
wisdom learned the hard way by men and women
who have applied the facts to their own and their ©
pupils’ bodies—made visible in candid camera
photographs.

McGovern, ArtiE. The secret of keeping fit.
1941. 242p. Garden City, $1

This book is full of specific exercises that will tone
the body to peak condition, and teems with physical
and psychological tips on the care and feeding of
adults. It forever blasts away for one the quackery
of health charlatans.

Moorr, H. H. Keeping in condition. 1936.
136p. Macmillan, $1.40.

Covers the essentials involved in training—exercise,
fresh air, diet, rest, and the control of the inner
conscience. Gives a good summary of the dangers
to virility.

Parran, THomas. Shadow on the land. 1937.
309p. American social hygiene association, $1.
A frank and widely read presentation of the
venereal disease problem.

Rick, THURMAN B. Living. 1940. 464p. Scoit,
Foresman, $2.25.

Covers in popular style modern principles of per-
sonal, mental and environmental hygiene.

Rosperts, Harry. Keep fit in war time. 1940.
90p. Watts, Lond., 1 crown.

It is addressed to those classed as civilians .

an important contribution to our country’s success
consists in everyone doing his best to be fit in body
and in mind. Some of the more outstanding
changes in our environment caused by wartime con-
ditions are discussed, and some suggestions offered
as to how we may best adapt ourselves to the
altered conditions.

SoKo.orr, Boris. Middle age is what you
make it. 1938. 204p. Greystone press, $1.75.

A book which summarizes the evidence on middle
age health. Develops a positive theory of living the
dynamic life. Includes case histories of dozens of
important men who have demonstrated unusual
vitality and longevity.