What a Young Woman Ought to Know
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ISBN10: 8165756109
ISBN13: 9788165756109
Publisher: Gyan Books
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9788165756109
Publisher: Gyan Books
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What a Young Woman Ought to Know, by Mary WoodAllen, brings readers into a practical guide to body care, food, sleep, breathing, exercise, hygiene, maturity, reproductive health, character, and informed selfrespect. Rather than presenting a dry catalogue, the book follows the questions, observations, practical problems, and human consequences that give the subject its lasting interest. Its chapters move through Preface Part . The Value of Health and Responsibility in Maintaining it. What are you Worth? Care of Body. Food Sleep Breathing. Hindrances to Breathing A, showing how the author's central ideas connect across the work. For modern readers, this edition offers more than a glimpse into an earlier age. It reveals how people understood health, society, science, craft, transport, invention, or personal conduct-and where their assumptions still invite reflection. The writing is especially rewarding for readers who enjoy classic nonfiction, original sources, intellectual history, and books that connect detailed knowledge with lived experience. You will find useful context for study, discussion, research, teaching, and independent reading. The book can help students build background knowledge, help professionals understand the roots of their field, and help curious readers discover the practical imagination behind familiar ideas. It also works as a thoughtful companion for anyone interested in the history of medicine, wellbeing, and human experience. The value of this book lies in its combination of close observation and broad perspective. It preserves the voice of its period while opening space for today's reader to compare, question, and learn. Because this is a historical work, its treatments and terminology should be read in period context and not used as modern medical advice. Discover a distinctive classic that turns an important subject into an absorbing, informative reading experience.
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