A History of British Sports Medicine

This is a timely history of a narrow specialty told in a way that will interest a much wider audience. Jon Agar, Endeavour, 12/12/2011 -- Jon Agar. Endeavour The book can - and should - serve as a stimulus for further advancing our understandings of the history of sports medicine, of exercise science, and much more. Roberta J Park, Sport in History, 15/02/2012 -- Roberta J Park. Sport in History (carves) out a useful niche in the growing sophistication of empirical research around the historical development of sports medicine and adds to the developing rapprochement among histories of the body, sport history, and histories of modern medicine Patricia Vertinsky, Twentieth Century British History, 27/02/2012 -- Patricia Vertinsky. Twentieth Century British History The book is well researched and nicely paced...Heggie presents a convincing argument about the reconceptualization of the athletic body throughout the twentieth century, which shifts the focus away from the establishment of medical committees and sporting organizations, which is a refreshing perspective Julie Anderson, University of Kent, The British Journal for the History of Science, 01/03/2012 -- Julie Anderson. The British Journal for the History of Science An important and interesting contribution to the sport science debate Susanna Hedenborg, Department of Sport Science, Malmo University -- Susanna Hedenborg. Department of Sport Science, Malmo University 'A History of British Sports Medicine' is a fine addition to broader social histories of medicine and should be of interest to all historians of medicine and sport ... this is an interesting and well-researched book on a subject' Social History of Medicine 25 (2) May 2012 -- .