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Book SynopsisTo reveal the importance of a subject that has long suffered from scholarly neglect, Professor Whorton demonstrates that health reform campaigns were not mere fads but ideologies composed of a mixture of religious and scientific ideas and themes from the popular culture. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest p
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Introduction. The kingdom of health, pg. 1*Chapter One. A fig for the doctors, pg. 13*Chapter Two. Christian physiology, pg. 38*Chapter Three. Tempest in a flesh-pot, pg. 62*Chapter Four. Physical education, pg. 92*Chapter Five. Hygiene in evolution, pg. 132*Chapter Six. Physiologic optimism, pg. 168*Chapter Seven. Muscular vegetarianism, pg. 201*Chapter Eight. Uric acid and other fetishes, pg. 239*Chapter Nine. Philosophy in the gymnasium, pg. 270*Chapter Ten. The hygiene of the wheel, pg. 304*Chapter Eleven. A modern conspectus, pg. 331*Index, pg. 351
