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Where There Is No Doctor

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Download the entire book, updated 2009: Where There Is No Doctor (PDF).

View and download individual chapters of Where There Is No Doctor below:

• Front matter: Cover, How to Use This Book, Acknowledgements
• Table of Contents: Introduction, Note About This New Edition
• Brown Pages: Words To The Village Health Worker
• Chapter 1: Home Cures and Popular Beliefs
• Chapter 2: Sicknesses that are Often Confused
• Chapter 3: How to Examine a Sick Person
• Chapter 4: How to Take Care of a Sick Person
• Chapter 5: Healing Without Medicines
• Chapter 6: Right and Wrong Use of Modern Medicines
• Chapter 7: Antibiotics: What They Are and How To Use Them
• Chapter 8: How To Measure and Give Medicine
• Chapter 9: Instructions and Precautions for Injections
• Chapter 10: First Aid
• Chapter 11: Nutrition: What to Eat to Be Healthy
• Chapter 12: Prevention: How to Avoid Many Sicknesses
• Chapter 13: Some Very Common Sicknesses
• Chapter 14: Serious Illnesses That Need Special Medical Attention
• Chapter 15: Skin Problems
• Chapter 16: The Eyes
• Chapter 17: The Teeth, Gums, and Mouth
• Chapter 18: The Urinary System and the Genitals
• Chapter 19: Information for Mothers and Midwives
• Chapter 20: Family Planning- Having the Number of Children You Want
• Chapter 21: Health and Sicknesses of Children
• Chapter 22: Health and Sicknesses of Older People
• Chapter 23: The Medicine Kit
• The Green Pages: The Uses, Dosage, and Precautions for Medicines
• The Blue Pages: New Information
• Vocabulary: Explaining Difficult Words
• Information: Addresses for Teaching Materials, Dosage Blanks, Patient Report, Information on Vital Signs, Abbreviations, Weight, Volume
• Index (Yellow Pages)