Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology A Popular Treatise on Personal Hygiene in the Hotter Parts of the World, and on the Climates That Will Be Met Within Them.

"Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology" by George Michael James Giles is a guidebook from the early 1900s, offering advice on staying healthy in hot, tropical areas. It informs both people who live there and those visiting about how to handle different climates. The book starts by looking at old ideas about living in the tropics and how people's understanding has changed as they've gotten used to these climates. It points out the difficulties faced by those new to the tropics due to a lack of knowledge, stresssing the importance of getting used to the local conditions to avoid getting sick. Overall, it lays out what's to come in the following chapters, which are about taking care of oneself and the details of tropical climates, giving readers what they need to know to live healthy in these difficult settings.