Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ Bold text displayed as: =bold= BOOKS BY ANNA M. GALBRAITH, M.D. Four Epochs of Woman’s Life 12mo of 260 pages. _3d Edition, Ready Soon_ Personal Hygiene and Physical Training for Women 12mo of 393 pages, illustrated _2d Edition_ PERSONAL HYGIENE _AND_ PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN BY ANNA M. GALBRAITH, M.D. Author of “Hygiene and Physical Culture for Women” and “The Four Epochs of Woman’s Life;” Member of the New York County and State and the American Medical Associations; Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine; Ex-President of the Alumnæ Association, Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania; former Attending Physician, Neurological Department, of the New York Orthopædic Hospital and Dispensary; late Attending Physician and Instructor in Diagnosis and Clinical Medicine at the Woman’s Medical College, New York Infirmary _SECOND EDITION, THOROUGHLY REVISED_ PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANY 1916 Copyright, 1911, by W. B. Saunders Company. Reprinted April 1913, and October, 1915. Revised, reprinted, and recopyrighted November, 1916 Copyright, 1916, by W. B. Saunders Company PRINTED IN AMERICA PRESS OF W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANY PHILADELPHIA In Loving Memory of HELEN WORTHING WEBSTER, M. D. Professor of Physiology and Hygiene and Resident Physician at Vassar College from 1874 to 1881 An untiring worker of charming and inspiring personality, the living embodiment of all that was womanly, great hearted, and noble. This book is affectionately dedicated as a slight tribute of the esteem in which she was held, and in grateful acknowledgment of the value of her teachings By her former pupil THE AUTHOR PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION Since the writing of this book six years ago the entire subject of digestion has been revised by scientific research, and thanks to the same scientists the nutritive value of the various food-stuffs has been ascertained. The importance of this knowledge is so great that educators are now making an endeavor to have the nutritive value of artificial and canned goods placed on their labels; and the New York Board of Health has requested a large Chain of Restaurants to have the nutritive value of foods printed, beside the cost of the various articles, on their bill of fare. Hence the entire chapter on Digestion and Nutrition has been rewritten. In Chapter I has been given the result of original statistical studies, showing the urgent need for every woman to know and put into practice the principles of personal hygiene. Dancing has become such a popular form of exercise that a description of the plates giving the dancing steps has been added, together with some simple dancing exercises. For these excellent descriptions the author is indebted to Miss Barbara Blankenhorn, a widely known teacher of music and dancing of Englewood, New Jersey.