Thermal Physiology

- 1. A History of Thermal Physiology in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. - 2. Contributions of French Research to the Knowledge of Thermal Physiology from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century. - 3. A History of Physiological Research on Temperature Regulation in Germany. - 4. Not Only Winter, Not Only Cold: History of Thermal Physiology in Finland. - 5. Thermal Physiology in the USA: A 100-Year History of the Science and Its Scientists (1880-1980). - 6. Contributions from a Land Down Under: The Arid Continent. - 7. History of Thermal Physiology in Denmark. - 8. South African Thermal Physiology: Highlights from the Twentieth Century. - 9. Japanese Contributions to the Development of Knowledge of Thermal Physiology in the 20th Century. - 10. Thermoregulatory Studies in Hungary: Historical Background. - 11. The History of Thermal Physiology in Israel. - 12. The History of Thermal Physiology in Norway. - 13. Development of Research on the Thermoregulatory System in Russia. - 14. Contributions from the Land of the Maple Leaf: Canada.

Clark M. Blatteis, Ph.D. is a distinguished University Professor Emeritus. Clark Martin Blatteis dedicated his scholarly life to thermal physiology research for 67 years from the very the beginning of his graduate education at the University of Iowa in 1954 until his untimely death in 2021, while editing this book, chronicling the history of thermal regulation from the early days of the last century to the present day. This monography undoubtedly is the most comprehensive account of thermal physiology research in the world.  Born in Berlin, his family was among the passengers of the infamous "Voyage of the Damned" in which the St. Louis ocean liner tried to rescue German Jews from Nazi persecution just to end up back in Hamburg after the ship was not allowed to dock in many ports in the Americas. Through an adventurous journey to Morocco, they survived WWII to finally arrive and settle in the USA in 1948. A preeminent student through his studies his interest in thermal regulation took him to conduct his research studies literally around the world. With a fresh PhD, commissioned as 1st Lieutenant, served at US Army Medical Research Lab, while he conducted his studies from arctic to the hot temperatures of the desert that lead to seminal discoveries helping the development of methods to protect soldiers from extreme temperatures. After serving as a civilian researcher at US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, in 1966 he accepted a faculty at the University of Tennessee, the institution he retired from in 2008 after publishing over 200 research papers and several books, and book chapters. Elected to Chair of the International Union of Physiological Sciences Thermal Physiology Commission and to membership in the International Physiology Committee, he has been a global ambassador of thermal physiology research recognized by countless honours and awards from Peru to Japan, from the United Kingdom to Mexico, including the Max Planck Foundationin