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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
11
Chicago report from June notes Dr A H Waterman advising sensible dressing and proper eating for midsummer comfort. He urges loose cool clothing to release heat and colors reflecting heat, arguing such choices aid health and nature, citing Canal Zone experiences and early beliefs about tropical health.
The passage argues that parasitic infections, not heat, killed a white man in the tropics. It recalls Dr. Sambon visiting Gen. Gorgas in Panama ten years later, where sanitation and hygiene aided by Gorgas’ records supported the claim. The documents illustrate the high annual death rate during the French canal effort as proof.
Gorgas pointed to a lower death rate than the United States, highlighting health improvements amid tropical climate. Advice urges summer comfort with light clothing, loose weaving, and light colors. Diet guidance recommends reducing heavy meats fats and starches, eating lighter in heat and balancing intake.
A botanist at the Smithsonian Institution names and describes a fine plant collection assembled eighty years ago by a Danish naturalist. The article notes proper food clothing exercise and sleep to stay fit through summer and into winter.
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