The first historical survey of human biometeorology, tracing the evolution of the Hippocratic idea that weather is one of the dterminants of health from its ancient origins to time of writing.
Focuses several chapters on the debates over innoculation for smallpox, and statistical measurement of results, statistical studies of the effect of climate on disease, etc.
Translated into French by the author as À la cure, les coloniaux ! Thermalisme, climatisme et colonisation française, 1830-1962. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2011.
