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Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale: Sports, Health and Exercise in Eighteenth-century England
Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale Sports Health and Exercise in Eighteenthcentury England
Author: Julia Allen
The book is divided into two main sections: Part I, after introducing the two characters in the title, explores the medical theories upon which eighteenth-century notions about exercise were based, the role of the physician, the work of the surgeon, the social context in which exercise was taken, the place of exercise in child-rearing and educat...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780718892760
ISBN-10: 0718892763
Publication Date: 10/28/2012
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Book Type: Paperback
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