Venereal Disease The Questions, The Answers Young 1973 Got questions about the Clap? Worried you are hanging out with the girls that are “unclean?” (Funny how guys are never referred to as unclean.) The answers are here. Lots of science
Category: Health and Safety
Titles related to mental and physical health, personal and home safety.
Menopausal Years
Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way: Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90 Weed 1992 There is a 2002 edition of this book called “New Menopausal Years. You can weed that one too. I’m 44 years old, so I’ll be making my
Smoke gets in your eyes
Why Not Smoke? Fox 1968 I am such a sucker for this kind of retro cover art. I was sure the publication date was probably in the 1950s instead of 1968. This poor guy looks bewildered at the concept of
Drink Up!
Urine Therapy: Nature’s Elixir for Good Health Peschek-Bohmer and Schreiber 1999 Let’s not dismiss this book just because its subject seems controversial or taboo. It wasn’t the worst choice for a public library in 1999. I think the authors could
See Me More Clearly
See Me More Clearly: Career and Life Planning for Teens with Physical Disabilities With a Special Section Charting Your Course: Life Career Skills by Ellen Wallach Mitchell 1980 This was a great choice for many libraries in 1980. By 1990,
Are you ready for your close-up?
How To Win in the Youth Game: The Magic of Plastic Surgery Wagner and Gould 1972 Ah, the fountain of youth! Now available at your local surgeon’s office. Plastic surgery of course is a worthy topic for any health collection,
It’s an emergency!
Family Emergencies Falletta 1986 What’s with the kid on the bike? Is he hurt? Being chased by zombies? I am not sure where the publishers were headed with this cover art. Most of the contents are predictable and cover generic
The “Problem” of Unwed Mothers
Counseling the Unwed Mother Terkelsen 1964 Today’s youth would probably be shocked by the amount of shame associated with pregnancy out of wedlock. There was such a stigma that many young women were shamed into hiding. If you were lucky