THE COLOURED MAN'S ADVANTAGE.
The human skin if exposed to "the sun is warmed to about three degrees or four degrees C. above the normal skin temperature, an increase to the normal body temperature being, of course, prevented by evaporating sweat. The brown skin of Malays, while theoretically absorbing more heat in the sun, shows a smaller rise in temperature in the tropical sun than the skin of white men in similar circumstances. In explanation of this it is suggested that an earlier and better water evaporation takes place in the coloured man, who is. said to have larger and better developed sweat glands. A man with a coloured skin is, if this be an anatomical fact, in a better position as regards physical heat regulation than the j»»ui whose skin is white.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 August 1912, Page 7
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133THE COLOURED MAN'S ADVANTAGE. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 August 1912, Page 7
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