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

  • Allen, Julia, 1933-
Date:
2012
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Cambridge : Lutterworth Press, 2012.

Physical description

viii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

Introduction -- Exercise -- Dr Johnson & Mrs Thrale: some mainly medical notes -- Doing things "differently" -- Boxing --Cricket -- Dancing -- Root-racing, leaping and climbing -- Riding -- Skating -- Swimming -- Coach travel -- "Conclusion, in which nothing is concluded"

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JKJ.41.AA7
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ISBN

  • 9780718892760
  • 0718892763