Health and Hygiene Vol. 3 No. 6. June, 1936.

Health and Hygiene Vol. 3 No. 6. June, 1936.

Contents: Editorial: Building Men on Starvation, Lydia Pinkham: Queen of Fakes by Avery Henderson, Gonorrhea in Women, How to Relieve Asthma, Do All Foods Mix? by Carl Malmberg, How to Gain Weight, Cosmetic Problems: Skin Irritations from Cosmetics, The Truth About Smoking, Housing and Health by Sidney Hill, Consumers Page, A Sex Problem of Women, Our Doctors Advise, Readers’ Medical Questions Answered.

Health was the precursor to Health and Hygiene and the creation of Dr. Paul Luttinger. Only three issues were published before Health and Hygiene was published monthly under the direction of the Communist Party USA’s ‘Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board Panel’ in New York City between 1934 and 1939. An invaluable resource for those interested in the history history of medicine, occupational health and safety, advertising, socialized health, etc.

PDF of full issue: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/health/v3n6-jun-1936-health-hygiene-n.pdf

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