Effects of Climatic Extremes: Critical Review

Abstract

The time is opportune for a re-discussion of the important problem of climate and human survival. During the recent war it was made plamn to us that campaigning might take place in all parts of the globe and in climates which were as varied as they were extreme. It was not merely' a question of carrying on a desultory or sedentary existence in *inauspicious environments, but of maintaining the highest possible. vigilance and efficiency while engaged in heavy manual work. We are reminded of the statement of Burot and Legrand, that " in the tropics the soldier is always in campaign; if not against the enemy, at least against the climate." And again of the Roman axiom, " In the land of the enemy, beware of the country, the water, and the time of the day."