Science Studies the Nudists


STRANGE TESTS MADE IN THE LABORATORY REVEAL HOW THE NAKED HUMAN BODY REACTS TO SMALL CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE
By EDWIN TEALE
THREE hundred thousand men, women, and children, in America alone, are nudists. Followers of the "back-to-Eden" cult report that, during one ten-month period, members increased at the rate of 10,000 a month. Nearly 400 camps, scattered from coast to coast, are being maintained by the faddists for nude sun bathing.
Does nakedness really benefit health? Are the claims of the nudists justified? Can our bodies, if given a chance, inure themselves to cold and inclement weather?