The laws of health in relation to the human form / by D.G. Brinton and Geo. H. Napheys.

  • Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899.
Date:
1870
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Credit: The laws of health in relation to the human form / by D.G. Brinton and Geo. H. Napheys. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    DFC 1 8 1919 (SBEa^dR^. TTTOMEN are now young longer than they are ' beautiful. This book is designed to teach them how to be beautiful longer than they are young. Is it worth while to do this? Let us look in history for a reply. The most intellectual woman at the court of the First Consul was Madame de Stael; the most beau- tiful was Madame Recamier. Madame de Stael was not pretty, and her talents brought her fame rather than love. Madame Recamier, though with some claims to be a bel esprit, gained no distinction by her learning, but brought every one to her feet by her beauty. The two were not rivals, and therefore they were friends. Each saw the other's power, and we have it on record that Madame de Stael said more than once that she would gladly exchange her intel- lectual superiority for the beauty of Madame Reca- mier.