'Life in the tropics for Europeans', an unpublished lecture by William Osler.
An unpublished lecture by William Osler given in 1911 to young British administrators going to India gives glimpses of imperial history and travel medicine, and contains echoes of debates current at that time on a healthy tropical lifestyle and also the influence of race and climate on health.
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Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine, PO Box 35 Al-Khod, Muscat-123, Oman. adate@squ.edu.om
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