Grundriss Einer Meteorobiologie des Menschen

"Meteorobiology" may have a role in sudden infant death

“…Of special interest are the histological differences in the thyroid gland between rats exposed to light and rats living in darkness. Rats living in darkness characteristically showed an increased number of follicles with a high epithelial and low colloid content 4. An identical histological pattern was described by Weiler in 70% of victims of sudden infant death in his study 5…”

“…Secondly, Sparks and Hunsacker found altered aminergic-cholinergic synaptic markers in the hypothalamus of victims of sudden infant death, which may have led to critically disturbed sleep function in these infants 3. Thirdly, in his book on “human meteorobiology” De Rudder described the influences of weather and climate on tissues, organs, and the organism as a whole 4. Of special interest are the histological differences in the thyroid gland between rats exposed to light and rats living in darkness.…”

Seasonal variations in serum inorganic phosphate and calcium with special reference to parathyroid activity

“…With respect to the physiological significance of the seasonal variations in serum phosphate concentration, little is known except that growth of bone also undergoes seasonal changes in childhood (de Rudder, 1952). Seasonal changes in blood phosphate might also be expected to affect carbohydrate metabolism and energy production.…”

“…Since the level of inorganic phosphate in the blood of infants could be raised by frequent exposure to ultra-violet light (Hess & Gutman, 1921), it was concluded that the increase in the blood-phosphate level in summer and the decrease in winter were related to seasonal variations in the intensity of ultra-violet light. More recently de Rudder (1952) has suggested that this seasonal variation in the blood-phosphate level in infants is intimately connected with corresponding variations in rate of growth.…”

Über die Approximierbarkeit der Jahresabläufe von Infektionskrankheiten durch physikalische Kennwerte

“…In einer Reihe yon Arbeiten [ 1,2,3] wurde darauf hingewiesen, dag die Hhufigkeit yon bestimmten Infektionskrankheiten regelmgfSigen saisonalen Schwankungen unterworfen ist. Als logische Folge lag die Vermutung nahe, dag klimatologische Einfliisse die jahreszeitlichen Auspr/igungen im Ablauf des Seuchengeschehens hervorrufen, Untersuchungen zeigten beispielsweise [4], dafS eine normale Durchseuchung der Bev/51kerung vorausgesetzt, die Zahl der Poliomyelitis-Erkrankungen eines Jahres yon der Anzahl der Tage mit tropischer und gemfitbigter Warmluft abh/ingt.…”