Heat exhaustion, sunstroke, and disease took a heavy toll of human life.
Conversely, yaks do not thrive at lower altitudes, and begin to suffer from heat exhaustion above about.
One has to re- member that in any operation taking place in the tropics there is bound to be a higher percentage of heat exhaustion than in other operations.
The real problem is that of heat and humidity which produces heat exhaustion and fatigue, and irritability which comes from long hours spent running wet with sweat.
I am not arguing without realising that hostilities did not occur, but if hostilities had occurred there was an allowance for heat exhaustion which was made in the plan.
The commander in chief allowed in the plan for a percentage of heat exhaustion which was considerably higher than the heat exhaustion which actually took place.
Even so, the number of cases of heat exhaustion has been on an average only 12 a day needing hospital treatment.
Others were said to have died from heat exhaustion and related conditions.
