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The Patient and the Weather

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IN these volumes Dr. W. F. Petersen, of the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology of the University of Illinois, discusses and illustrates the age-old doctrine of the influence of the weather upon health.

The Patient and the Weather

By Dr. William F. Petersen, with the assistance of Margaret E. Milliken. Vol. 1, Part 1: The Footprint of Asclepius. Pp. xx + 127. 3.75 dollars. Vol. 1. Part 2: Autonomic Integration. Pp. xxxi + 781. 9 dollars. Vol. 2. Autonomic Dysintegration. Pp. xx + 530. 6.50 dollars. Vol. 3. Mental and Nervous Diseases. Pp. xvi + 375. 5 dollars. (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edward Brothers, Inc., 1934–1936.)

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The Patient and the Weather. Nature 139, 90–91 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139090a0

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