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Keeping fit : health, how lost - how regained : "pep," poise, power for men and women

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20057
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1926
Author
Macfadden, Bernarr
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Macfadden Publications, Inc.
Call Number
05.5 M11k
Author
Macfadden, Bernarr
Responsibility
Bernarr Macfadden
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Macfadden Publications, Inc.
Published Date
1926
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Health
Health and wellness
Guidebook
Abstract
Pertains to a 1920’s guide on health, wellness and exercise. The publication was designed to serve as a guide for both men and women, one in which if followed, would deliver physical and spiritual health. While some of the information may no longer be considered medically accurate, the publication provides fantastic insight into people’s understanding of health and wellness in the early 20th century.
Contents
Chapter I: Health - What is it? (pg. 1)
Chapter II: What to eat (pg. 4)
Chapter III: Bodily vigor depends on exercise (pg. 14)
Chapter IV: How to breathe (pg. 17)
Chapter V: Hints on bathing (pg. 19)
Chapter VI: Sleep and rest (pg. 23)
Chapter VII: Strengthening the eyes (pg. 27)
Chapter VIII: How to cure hair troubles (pg. 30)
Chapter IX: Are you a complete man or women? (pg. 34)
Chapter X: Mind - the master-force for health or disease (pg. 38)
Adenoids and enlarged tonsils (pg. 42)
Anemia (thin blood) (pg. 50)
Arteriosclerosis (pg. 52)
Asthma (pg. 55)
Autointoxication (pg. 58)
Backache (pg. 60)
Catarrh (pg. 62)
Constipation (pg. 66)
Coughs and Colds (pg. 71)
Diabetes (pg. 77)
Gall stones (pg. 79)
Gonorrhea (pg. 83)
Heart disease (pg. 86)
Hemorrhoids (pg. 93)
Influenza (pg. 95)
Insomnia (pg. 98)
Kidney disease (pg. 101)
Liver disease (pg. 106)
Neurasthenia (pg. 110)
Neuralgia and neuritis (pg. 113)
Obesity (pg. 115)
Paralysis (pg. 120)
Pimples (pg. 123)
Pneumonia (pg. 128)
Rheumatism (pg. 132)
Rupture (pg. 134)
Skin diseases (pg. 139)
Sore throat (pg. 141)
Stomach diseases (pg. 146)
Syphilis (pg. 150)
Thinness (pg. 156)
Tuberculosis (pg. 161)
Tumors (pg. 168)
Varicocele (pg. 170)
Accession Number
3069 a
Call Number
05.5 M11k
Collection
Archives Library
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The valley of the hidden lakes

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25085
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1922
Author
Wilcox, Walter D.
Publisher
Philadelphia : The Society
Call Number
02.6 W64v
Author
Wilcox, Walter D.
Responsibility
Walter D. Wilcox
Publisher
Philadelphia : The Society
Published Date
1922
Physical Description
9 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map
Scale
1:40,0000
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Rocky Mountains
Wilcox, Walter Dwight
Guide
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Abstract
Summary of Walter D. Wilcox’s time spent at the Valley of the Hidden Lakes
Notes
Reprinted from Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia.no. 3-4, April-July, 1922.XX
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
02.6 W64v
Collection
Archives Library
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