New York: Kelmscott Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Front hinge tear, cover soil, gutter weakness, marginalia and underlining, light tone, otherwise light wear. Still serviceable and solid paperback. ; Mrs Parsons deplored "the alarming physical and mental deterioration which was ... increasingly apparent everywhere." "... there has been such a constant demand for a small text book for use in homes, schools and colleges, that the author offers this book with the promise that the earnest student can obtain from its pages, a beautiful, strong and enduring body, a quickening intelligence, and a multiplied consciousness. The results produced by this method of training are endurance, efficiency and economy of movement." - Preface. Parsons coined the phrase "life begins at forty." Contents: Foreword, Chapter I. The New View of the Human Body; II. Is Psychoanalysis a Failure?; III. How to Stand Correctly; IV. How to Breathe Correctly; V. Exercises for Eyes, Spine and Joints - Three Wide Base Exercises; VI. Narrow Base Exercises; VII. Exercises for the Torso; VIII. Exercises for Creating Mobility of the Body (Sword); IX. Exercies for all the Muscles of the Body (Helmet); X. Exercises for Developing the Sense of Co-ordination; XI. Hygiene and Diet; XII. Advice and Exercises for the Young Girls and Boys over Sixty; XIII. How to Develop an Attractive Personality. ; 82 pages .

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Bookseller: Mike's Library (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14782
Title: Making The Body Think
Author: Parsons, Mrs Theodore [Matilda I Cruice Parsons]
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Kelmscott Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1926
Keywords: Women's Studies, Diet And Exercise, WWI - Home Front, WW1 - WWI - World War One - Great War, Body Building - Bodybuilding, Exercise Routines, Breathing, Stamina, Mental Alertness

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