Historical Bibliography Updated: August 25, 2026

Hippocratic heritage: A history of ideas about weather and human health.

SARGENT, Frederick II (1920 – 1980) worldcat.org/identities

New York & Oxford & New York & Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1982.

The first historical survey of human biometeorology, tracing the evolution of the Hippocratic idea that weather is one of the dterminants of health from its ancient origins to time of writing.

Facet Tags

Public Health
Natural History & Evolution
Historiography & General Works

Subjects

Bioclimatology › History of Bioclimatology Geography of Disease / Health Geography › History of Geography of Disease

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#8187
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/10363
Author Bio Link	worldcat.org/identities ↗
External URL	hippocratic-heritage-a-history-of-ideas-about-weather-and-human-health

Geographic Context

Publication places: New York & Oxford; New York & Oxford