Show 1 THESE BOOKS ARE SAFE I II I GUIDES TO HEALTH I I By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia Hy- Hy geia gea the Health Magazine The human Humm Dod Body by Logan Clendening is a joyOUS presentation of things known and thus far believed believed be- be I about the human bodY V v The Tho boo book Js Is written with the historical historical his his- approach It presents an outline of physiology makes maes clear the structure of the tho body the m mechanisms me- me ot of the stomach the heart the tho lungs and the cIrculation Dr clendening shows how the human being with a proper appreciation of hIs body may derive from it a considerable amount or of satisfaction of of comfort and of pleas lc and also how he may avoid much Oi Of the discomfort discomfort dis- dis comfort and disease that not mIre mIre- assails him Concluding chapters conc concern rn analysis anal anal- ysis of these processes and of tissue tissue sue repair This book bool with withe e igram and humor It conc concerns itself itself it it- self with scientific literature and Wi th normal h hygiene Occasionally Occasional Occasional- ly in striving for lightness occasionally occasionally occa- occa in his attempt to star startle lIe lIethe the reader the author authol takes It a point of view with which scientists in general enral ma not agree aglee but on th the the book bool Is to be depended on as a reasonably safe guide ulde to knowledge of the human body WEIGHTY PROBLEMS In Your Weight eight and How to Control It bY the writer ot of this article are collected eighteen essays on the factors governing written by specialists who have havo given given en special study to tIre varIous phases of the problem The book does docs not give a certain weight for every cery person of a certain height but takes into account individual differences of breadth and thickness along with age end and height ThE Pise right weight for an individual ua ual Is that which p permits him to enjoy perfect health TIll The half of this book boo is wrt en by Professor sor Flora Rose and Mary Henry who take up the general subject of nutrition discuss the various food and energy requirements and provide pro pro- vide ride a series of menus for the fat and the lean The book attempts to be an absolutely rational presentation presentation presen- presen tation of the weight problem Since Professor Joseph v Jastro left the University ot of Wisconsin he was for more than thirty years professor of psychology lie has lias been devoting himself in large part to education or of the public its in ic matters through h syndicated syndicated syndi- syndi newSpaper articles Because of his scientific background round and his years ears of experience and meat ment he Is probably the most reliable reliable re- re liable ot of all the wrIters on psychology cholo y in the popular field Most of his book Keeping Mentally Men ren- tally FIt seems to have been made up from the collection of newspaper articles in or organized form Through ugh this organization and by means of ofa a suitable Index the average reader will be beable able to rind tind an answer to almost almost al- al most every Question that may disturb him lIe He will vIll find the answer moreover in a form and in a manner of expression expression sion which makes maies Jt it exceedingly readable I doubt that I I have hae seen anywhere anywhere any any- where a sounder consideration of I certain modern fads than appears in the chapter chapler entitled The Cult of Beauty with a subheading Beauty Beau ty ty Beha or Drains The cholo y df lip of cosmetics and rouge and the psychology of sport are a few of the topics that make this riot not only a us ful but a most Interesting book BOOKS RECOMMENDED IN THIS COURSE Personal HY hygiene Applied Jesse Feiring Williams 2 2 Saunders What You Sh Should uld Know About II hl alth and Dise se e Howard W. W harper h-harper 1927 The Human Logan Clen- Clen denin dening 5 Knopf Knop 1927 Your Weight eight and how lIo to Con Con- trout Morris Fishbein 5 3 Doubleday Doubleday Dou- Dou bleday 1927 Keeping Mentally Fit Joseph Jastrow 50 Greenberg 1928 |