INTELLIGENCE, POWER, 



energy pattern, the brain, and the thyroid gland corre- 

 sponded with the concentration of oxygen of its natural 

 habitat. 



In the still, landlocked water in the tropics, fish are slow 

 and inactive. Oxygen tension in the water is low. In the 

 cold, bubbling water of the northern mountain streams, 

 where there is a rich mixture of oxygen, game fish are 

 found. A perfect example is seen in the case of the sting ray, 

 which is found in the richly oxygenated waters of the sandy 

 beaches. The brain in the cold-blooded sting ray approaches 

 the size of the brain in warm-blooded land animals of equal 

 weight. 



When the barometer falls, the oxygen pressure is dimin- 

 ished, and, accordingly, the energy of the body is dimin- 

 ished. The falling barometer and consequent rarefied 

 oxygen concentration exert an effect on civilized man com- 

 parable to taking a trout from the high concentration of 

 oxygen found in a cold, bubbling mountain stream and 

 placing it in a warm, stagnant pool. A drop in barometric 

 pressure of I inch exerts an effect comparable to an altitude 

 of 968 feet. 



What would happen to an advanced case of heart disease, 

 an incurable case of diabetes, a serious case of exophthalmic 

 goiter, and a case of essential hypertension if these cases were 

 transferred to Pikes Peak? A death toll all the way! 



Thus it is clear that the depressing influence of the falling 

 barometric pressure in a storm is due to the attenuation of 

 oxygen, just as, in ascending a mountain, the loss of energy 

 and the breathlessness are due to the attentuation of 

 oxygen. The three factors of climate, warmer temperature, 

 humidity, and low oxygen tension usually occur at the 

 same time, or at least overlap each other. 



Having interpreted our viewpoint of the implications of 

 the variables of climate upon the energy-controlling system 

 of civilized man as they bear upon the diseases peculiar to 

 him, we quote the following statements from "Health and 



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