James C. Whorton, Crusaders for fitness. The history of American health reformers, Princeton, N.J., and Guildford, Surrey, Princeton University Press, 1982, (reprint of 1942 ed.), 8vo, pp. xi, 359, illus., £14.60.

Roy Porter

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James C. Whorton, Crusaders for fitness. The history of American health reformers, Princeton, N.J., and Guildford, Surrey, Princeton University Press, 1982, (reprint of 1942 ed.), 8vo, pp. xi, 359, illus., £14.60.

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Information: Medical History , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 443 - 444

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James C. Whorton, Crusaders for fitness. The history of American health reformers, Princeton, N.J., and Guildford, Surrey, Princeton University Press, 1982, (reprint of 1942 ed.), 8vo, pp. xi, 359, illus., £14.60.

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