Abstract
A career interest in thermoregulation research has included wide contrasts in the subjects of enquiry, extending from heat stroke to hypothermia, special investigations in many different purpose-built climatic chambers, laboratory-based biomedical studies together with hospital practice, and field work in tropical climates to physiological surveys on urban populations in temperate environments. The scientific process and need to focus on careful planning of experiments, using the most appropriate methods, selecting the right controls and eventually applying correct statistical analysis do not always follow a smooth transition, as illustrated in this account. The result of endeavour to resolve a human environmental problem, however, is greatly satisfying, and sometimes becomes a unique experience when the solution reveals new fundamental facts.
Highlights
It was a privilege to have been able to study physiology in G
During the course of subsequent studies in physiology and medicine, I have found that the Physiological Society has consistently provided a supporting high standard on which to base a career
Joe Weiner formed a new group entitled the Medical Research Council (MRC) Environmental Physiology Unit located in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Summary
It was a privilege to have been able to study physiology in G. S. Weiner, the MRC climate and working efficiency unit, situated in Wilfrid Le Gros Clark’s Department of Anatomy. Thermoregulation and survival in hot environments The main study in a broad spectrum of climate research which had been stimulated by war-time experiences in the field focused on the need to establish suitable empirical heat-stress indices with which to predict safe limits for working practices in hot climates.
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