Der falsche Körper. Beiträge zu einer Geschichte der Monstrositäten

the glimpse it gives is more enlightening than the compiler's modesty suggests. A little more editing might have been useful: P H Ling appears in various places as Pehr Henrik Ling, Per Henrik Ling and Per Henric Ling. Some dubious bibliography is propagated from other sources, such as the attribution to Mary Wollstonecraft of the English translation of Salzmann's (i.e. Guts Muths') Gymnastikfuir die Jugend (She died three years before publication, and there is no evidence apart from the fact that she had translated an earlier Salzmann work). All the same, this is an excellent book. Not only is it an essential addition to any collection in the field of medical or sports history, it is a good read and an attractive, informative introduction to the subject.