Stories
- In pictures
A short history of wellbeing through exercise
During the current pandemic, billions of people around the world are confined to home, making mood-boosting daily exercise indispensable. Discover how humans from the ancient Greeks onwards have realised the benefits of physical activity.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
- In pictures
The history of sanatoriums and surveillance
The sanatorium treatment for tuberculosis was a curious combination of sunshine, fresh air, exercise and constant surveillance.
- Article
Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
084773/Z/08/Z: Unfolding Exercise
Date: 2004Reference: WT/C/6/1/7Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
L'homme et la force / Gilbert Andrieu ; préface de Jacques Thibault.
Andrieu, Gilbert.Date: 1988- Videos
- Online
Childbirth as an athletic feat.
Date: 1939- Film
Childbirth as an athletic feat.
Date: 1939- Videos
Childbirth as an athletic feat.
Date: 1939