Botany, mineralogy, climatology, meteorology were all studied for the sake of what could be learned from them for the benefit of medicine.
"Education: How Old The New"
James J. Walsh
The subject is closely related to geography, climatology, sedimentation, and hydrology.
"The Economic Aspect of Geology"
C. K. Leith
These three causes acting with greater or less force, we must, in the study of the climatology of a country, take into account the proportion between the area of the forests and the surface which is bared of trees and covered with herbs and grasses.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh