Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale : sport, health and exercise in eighteenth-century England /

While introducing Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale drawing extensively on contemporary writings, reports and journals, Allen 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 exercis...

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Main Authors: Allen, Julia, Allen, Julia, 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Lutterworth Press, 2012
Cambridge, UK : 2012
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