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THOSE Englishmen—unfortunately still very few—who are acquainted with the universities of Canada and the United States, have long had cause for astonishment, indeed for shame, at the way in which the universities of Great Britain have lagged behind those of America in their care for the health and fitness of their students. In those countries at any rate, it cannot be suggested that the desire to produce a healthy population is a sign of latent militarism or of any peculiar brand of politics. To an American or Canadian student—or professor—visiting Great Britain, it seems incredible that in most of our universities there is no medical examination whatever, either at entry or later on, no organized system (voluntary or compulsory) of physical exercise, little provision (except in a few privileged places) for healthy recreation ‘in the spare half-hour’, no arrangement to provide medical or surgical advice or treatment when required.
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Physical Fitness at Universities. Nature 141, 847–848 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141847a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141847a0