Busman's Holiday

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IN the course of a study on coronary-artery disease among middle-aged men in different occupations in Great Britain, the observation was made that the incidence was lower among bus conductors than among bus drivers and, moreover, that the disease was less severe.1 An interesting relation to physical activity suggested itself, for it is evident to anyone who watches that the job of conductor on a double-decked London bus involves considerably more physical activity than that of driver. Also, among men established in the Civil Service at the same time (1949–1950), postmen had a lower incidence of coronary-artery disease, and less . . .

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