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FASCINATING 19TH CENTURY BOOK ON HAIR by MACFADDEN, 1899 - $35 (Jarvis Street & Front Street E., Toronto, Ontario)
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This a fascinating 19th century study of hair, particularly of interest to hairdressers.
Contents:
Chapter I. - Health and Hair
Chapter II. - Cause of Hair Loss
Chapter III. -Scalp Massage
Chapter IV. - Massage by Pulling The Hair
Chapter V. - How Often Should Scalp Be Washed?
Chapter VI. - Hot and Cold Applications
Chapter VII. - Brushing and Combing
Chapter VIII. - Cause of Baldness
Chapter IX. - Luxuriant Beards-Bald Heads
Chapter X. - Excessive Loss of Hair
Chapter XI. - Brain Work, Obesity, Perspiration, Unhappiness
Chapter XII. - Dandruff
Chapter XIII. - Gray Hair
Chapter XIV. - Abnormal Hair Growth
Chapter XV. - Eyebrows and Eye-Lashes
Chapter XVI. - Fake Hair Growers-Color of Hair
Chapter XVII. - General Information – Importance of Regular Bathing-Tight Fitting or Heavy Hats-Effects on the Hair of Excessive Dietetic Indulgences – Emotional Life – Can Baldness or Thin Hair be Inherited – The Effects of Dissipation on the Hair – Sun Bath – Singering – Curling and Crimping – Injury Resulting from Dyes – Indestructibility of the Hair – Does Hair Grow After Death – Strength of Hair
Chapter XVIII – Ordinary Care of the Hair.
Benarr Macfadden (born Bernard Adolphus McFadden, 1868-1955) was a proponent of physical culture, a combination of bodybuilding with nutritional and health theories. He founded the long-running magazine publishing company Macfadden Publications. He was the predecessor of Charles Atlas & Jack LaLanne. Macfadden thought it best “to live a wholesome, rational life, and the forget the body as much as possible.”
He also was a vegetarian, & opened the restaurant, 'Physical Culture', in New York City in 1902, which was one of the city's first vegetarian venues. By 1911, there were 20 'Physical Culture' vegetarian restaurants established in other cities such as Philadelphia, & Chicago. He was proponent of raw foodism.
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