List of PlatesList of IllustrationsPreface (1994)Preface to the First EditionCh. 1Organization Begins3Ch. 2The Rise to Fashion22Ch. 3Wonders of the Past45Ch. 4The Victorian Setting64Ch. 5The Fruits of Efficiency83Ch. 6Exploring the Fringes108Ch. 7Deadlier Weapons126Ch. 8The Field Club142Ch. 9The Parting of the Ways158Ch. 10Dispersed Efforts175Ch. 11Recovery on the Coasts186Ch. 12An Infusion of Mobility202Ch. 13A Break for Play220Ch. 14The Eventual Combining227Notes on Sources245Index257

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David Elliston Allen is coordinator of the History of Medicine Program of The Wellcome Trust. He is also Honorary Lecturer in the History of the Life Sciences, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, and teaches at the University College, London.

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