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POSTURE The Golden Age of Greece was marked by an endeavor to produce a people physically fit. The statuary of the fifth century B. C. still represents the best to be found anywhere, not only in art, but also in physical perfection of form. "A sound mind in a sound body" was their slogan and their standard. During the Victorian era the reverse idea prevailed, that a weak or crippled body fostered greatness of mind and soul. From this false premise the pendulum has swung far so that today, more than at any time since the days of classic Greece, one finds a general interest in bodily perfection. Perhaps no small factor in this renaissance is the modern style of dress. The body must be seen to be appreciated. When all sorts of defects could be concealed under bustles, flounces and false fronts, no one cared much what the body was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1934 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1934.01960100014002
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Abstract

The Golden Age of Greece was marked by an endeavor to produce a people physically fit. The statuary of the fifth century B. C. still represents the best to be found anywhere, not only in art, but also in physical perfection of form. "A sound mind in a sound body" was their slogan and their standard. During the Victorian era the reverse idea prevailed, that a weak or crippled body fostered greatness of mind and soul. From this false premise the pendulum has swung far so that today, more than at any time since the days of classic Greece, one finds a general interest in bodily perfection. Perhaps no small factor in this renaissance is the modern style of dress. The body must be seen to be appreciated. When all sorts of defects could be concealed under bustles, flounces and false fronts, no one cared much what the body was

Journal

American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 1, 1934

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