Excerpt from Health, Beauty and the Toilet: Letters to Ladies From a Lady Doctor The writer trusts that her name and medical diploma will constitute a sufficient guarantee of the good faith and serious intent with which the book is put forth. No lady possessing any scientific qualification, has, hitherto, so far as she is aware, interested herself specially in the study of the cosmetic arts, or attempted to instruct her sex on matters connected with the improvement and preservation of physical grace and good looks. Yet the demand for such. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.