Sport and exercise science : essays in the history of sports medicine / edited by Jack W. Berryman and Roberta J. Park.

xvii, 372 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portrait ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index

Exercise and the medical tradition from Hippocrates through Antebellum America : a review essay by Jack W. Berryman (pages 1-56) -- Athletes and their training in Britain and America, 1800-1914 by Roberta J. Park (pages 57-107) -- 'Athlete's heart' : the medical debate over athleticism, 1870-1920 by James C. Whorton (pages [109]-135) -- Physiologists, physicians, and physical educators : nineteenth century biology and exercise, hygienic and educative by Roberta J. Park (pages 137-181) -- Exercise, physical capability and the eternally wounded woman in late nineteenth-century North America by Patricia Vertinsky (pages [183]-211) -- Bernarr Macfadden : reformer of feminine form by Jan Todd (pages [213]-232) -- The early development of sports medicine in Germany by John M. Hoberman (pages [233]-282) -- The scientific quest for physical culture and the persistent appeal of quackery by Donald J. Mrozek (pages [283]-296) -- Muscular vegetarianism : the debate over diet and athletic performance in the progressive era by James C. Whorton (pages [297]-318) -- A history of the use of anabolic steroids in sport by Terry Todd (pages [319]-350)

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