The influence of tropical climates on European constitutions / by James Johnson and James Ranald Martin.

Date:
1841
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Credit: The influence of tropical climates on European constitutions / by James Johnson and James Ranald Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS FBELIMINAKY OBSERVATIONS. I. Capability of Man to bear Changes of Climate II. Perspiration III. Sympathy of the Skin with Internal Organs IV. Influence of Tropical Heat on the Biliary Apparatus V. Prickly Heat SKETCH OF THE PHYSICAL CLIMATE OP CALCUTTA IN BENGAL. VI. Causes of Physical Climate 1. Action of the Sun upon the Atmosphere 2. Internal Heat 3. Elevation of the Ground 4. General and Local Aspects 5. Position of Mountains 6. Eflfects of the neighbourhood of the Sea 7. Geological Nature of the Soil 8. Influence of the Labour of Man—General Population .. 9. The Predominant Winds 10. The Rains—Sources of Aqueous Exhalations—Humidity 11. The River 12. The Salt Lake 13. Woods of the Sunderbunds 18 19 21 22 22 23 23 26 26 28 29 32 33 34 medical climate and THE INFLUENCE OF SEASONS. VII. Physical Eff'ects of Climate VIII. The Rainy Season IX. The Cold Season .... 36 40 43 DISEASE AND MORTALITY IN BENGAL. X. Effects of Different Climates on Health and Mortality XI. Mortality of different Countries in Europe .. ^ XII. Mortality in Calcutta .. 49 (ifajjtern (fever in general.) I. Causes of Fever II. Human Effluvium or Contagion ] HI. Marsh Miasma IV. Ratio Symptomatum ' '' V. Remedies 1- Venesection 2. Purgatives 3. Cold and Tepid Affusions .. 4. Mercury ..