Thames books, many of
which are hundreds of years
old. But even among these,
Lindsay warns, there is little
to be found on swimming.
The first book in my pile is
Walker’s Manly Exercises,
published in 1847, in which
swimming is described as a
beneficial exercise for
muscular weakness, with the
added benefit of
‘tranquillizing’ the nervous
system. Like other books and
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