L’anthropométrie au service du renforcement de la nation française : le cas de la promotion de la gymnastique par la médecine scolaire et militaire (fin xixe-début xxe siècle)

Based on the study of the works of two doctors who promoted school gymnastics, Louis Dufestel and Paul Godin, this article suggests that in terms of male health standards, the public health issue of combating tuberculosis intertwines with an ideology of perfecting bodies and the development of morph...

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Main Author: Elsie Mégret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2025-06-01
Series:Histoire, Médecine et Santé
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/hms/10039
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