Influenta locului asupra organismului

Mai jos un caz interesant consemnat de Dr. Burnett despre influenta locului asupra organismului.

Tradus pe scurt: Un englez cu par blond a parasit Londra pentru 30 de ani locuind in acest timp intr-o tara este-europeana.
Cand s-a intors avea parul nergu. Dupa un timp de sedere in Londra parul a devenit din nou la culoarea originala.
Poate ati remarcat fata tipica a americanilor. Deja din prima generatie italienii, nemtii si alte popoare europene care emigreaza
in SUA primesc anumite trasaturi faciale usor de recunoscut. De asemenea talia devine in medie mai mare.
Acestea influenta detse cauzata de locul in care cineva locuieste, deci de pamant. Daca tiganii ar emigra in Scandinavia
s-ar imblonzii si nui-am mai recunoaste. Asa ar putea scapa lumea de ei

"THE interaction of the human organism with its environment has generally been recognized in every age according to the views current at the time, the relations of the microcosm to the macrocosm used to be a big chapter in medical doctrine.
That man acts upon his environment has been well demonstrated by the changes that have been wrought in physical nature in the United States, Canada and Australia since they have become inhabited, The differences ill the American, Canadian, and Australian shew clearly that nature reacts back on man who is moulded and formed by his climate. I till personally acquainted with a gentleman, now resident ill London, who at twenty years of age left England for Eastern Europe, and there remained till he was thirty years of age when he returned to this country. When he went he had an abundance of light curly hair. On his return his hair was abundant and curly but nearly black, so that his own mother did not know him and his own brother who went on board the steamer by which this gentlemen returned and hunted for him amongst the passengers entirely failed to recognize him though he stood close by him for some time,he was looking for a light-haired man. After tell years further residence in England his hair had almost returned to its original light color."