Essays of a Humanist

0
560

considerations, and scope. Twelve chapters are devoted to the roles of organ systems in adaptation. The principal environments are then described, followed in each case by several chapters in which are preĀ¬ sented the major aspects of the adapĀ¬ tive process seen in representative groups of animals. The authors and their topics represent various fields of physiology as well as anatomy, climatology, entomology, pharmaĀ¬ cology, toxicology, and zoology. Upto-date and critical in focus, the book provides a detailed survey of acclimatization and acclimationphysiological changes under natural and controlled conditions of climate,Ā