Physical Culture Dec 1918 Bernarr McFadden Avoiding Spanish Flu Bodybuilders

Description: This is the December 1918 issue of Physical Culture. The magazine's editor and publisher, Bernarr McFadden(1868-1955) was a very successful early guru of bodybuilding, exercise and healthy diet. He was a colorful and controversial figure - his ideas on religion, his open views on sexuality and his disdain for most medical treatments were often considered eccentric and shocking. Most interesting in this issue are 3 articles on the causes of the Spanish Flu and how to avoid it. One is by Doctor Edwin F. Bowers, and it includes many of the suggestions recommended during the Covid epidemic - avoiding crowds, staying at a distance from people, washing hands, disinfecting things touched by others. He also suggests staying health, exercising, not overeating, chewing your food well and avoiding constipation. He mentions some successful experiments withvaccines for various diseaes. The second article, by Alfred W. McCann blames the epidemic on "de-natured foods" and the wartime diet., which meant substitute foods, fewer fruits and vegetables and dairy products due to cost and lack of availability and over indulgence of sweets. The last article, by Mcfadden, is a rant that calls dying of the Spanish Fly "shameful, disgraceful". He gives the cause of deaths from the disease is a "foul and sluggish alimentary canal" which makes the person vulnerable to germs. In his introduction he also disapproves of vaccines, especially those quickly created for the Flu. In addition, the magazine has photos of bodybuilders, articles on exercise, how to avoid grey hair, and on Charles Schwab and General Pershing as examples of vital, successful people with diet and exercise practices similar to his won. The cover has a 5 inch tear at the upper right and some damage to the spine. The pages are lightly toned.

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