The Effects of tropical light on white men / by Major Chas. E. Woodruff.

  • Woodruff, Charles Edward, 1860-1915.
Date:
1905
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    CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. ZOOLOGICAL ZONES 1 II. ETHER WAVES l3 III. ACTION OF ETHER WAVES ON PROTOPLASM . . 27 IV. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS . 49 V. NATURAL DEFENSES OF ANIMALS FROM LIGHT . 65 VI. KNOWN EFFECTS OF LIGHT ON MAN .... 78 VII. ACTINO-THERAPY I03 VIII. BLONDNESS OF ARYANS ........ 129 IX. EVOLUTION OF BLONDNESS 158 X. RESULTS OF INSUFFICIENT PIGMENTATION . . 190 XI. RESULTS OF MIGRATION OF BLOND RACES . . 224 XII. RESULTS OF MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA . . . 273 XIII. PRACTICAL RULES FOR WHITE MEN IN THE TROPICS 321 INDEX 355 Vll