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Title(s): Personal hygiene for women. Part 1
United States Navy training film
Author(s): United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Aeronautics.
United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Audio Productions.
Publication
Date: 		1943
Publication
Information: 		[Washington, DC] : Navy Dept., [1943]
Language(s): English
Format: Moving image; 045 min.; Black and white; Sound
Subject(s): Hygiene
Military Personnel
Women's Health
Rights: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Identifier(s): See catalog record: 9300845A
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9300845A
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Description: This military training film outlines for the Navy enlisted woman the routines she must establish and the habits she must acquire to remain in the best physical condition for performing her assigned duties. Advice is given on diet, sleep, exercise, relaxation, posture, girdles, shoes and stockings, foot-strengthening exercises, foot care, care of shoes and clothing, bodily cleanliness, body odors, skin, hand, nail, and hair care, skin diseases, head and body lice, care of the teeth, constipation, reproductive system, the menstrual cycle and care of the body during menstruation, douching, and vaginal discharges. Women are shown properly performing the above hygienic routines. Shots include: women navy personnel at their various assigned duties. Animation and three dimensional models are used to illustrate some anatomical structures and functions.
Received: Jan. 10, 1961 as a donation from the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medical Surgery

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