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| Genre/Form: | Guides, manuels, etc Handbooks Popular Works |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Werner; Carol Thuman; Jane Maxwell |
| ISBN: | 0942364155 9780942364156 |
| OCLC Number: | 25592300 |
| Notes: | Includes indexes. |
| Description: | 29, 446 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Words to the village health worker (brown pages) -- Homes cures and popular beliefs -- Sicknesses that are often confused -- How to examine a sick person -- How to take care of a sick person -- Healing without medicines -- Right and wrong use of modern medicines -- Antibiotics : what they are and how to use them -- How to measure and give medicine -- Instructions and precautions for injections -- First aid -- Nutrition : what to eat to be healthy -- Prevention : how to avoid many sicknesses -- Some very common sicknesses -- Serious illnesses that need special medical attention -- Skin problems -- The eyes -- The teeth, gums and mouth -- The urinary system and the genitals -- Information for mothers and midwives -- Family planning -- having the number of children you want -- Health and sicknesses of children -- Health and sicknesses of older people -- The medicine kit -- The green pages : the uses, dosage, and precautions for medicines -- The blue pages : new information -- Vocabulary : explaining difficult words -- Addresses for teaching materials -- Index (yellow pages). |
| Other Titles: | Donde no hay doctor. |
| Responsibility: | by David Werner with Carol Thuman and Jane Maxwell ; with drawings by David Werner. |
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