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Athletics and Health
February 8, 1912 issue

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In his report for 1911, Charles F. Stokes, Surgeon-General of a navy, makes the rather sweeping statement that, in the opinion of a Bureau, "competitive and spectacular athletics are undesirable in the service." This is particularly true for "midshipmen who are prone to overtrain for, or hazard too much in, a contest." Moreover, while he has football in find, he is thinking not so much at its hazards under present conditions of play as of its "disabling after-effects"; and he does not criticize it alone.

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ATHLETICS; HEALTH; STOKES, Charles F.; SURGEONS; ATHLETES; PHYSICIANS
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