Climate and health in hot countries and the outlines of tropical climatology : a popular treatise on personal hygiene in the hotter parts of the world, and on the climates that will be met with within them / by G. M. Giles.

  • George Michael James Giles
Date:
1905
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Credit: Climate and health in hot countries and the outlines of tropical climatology : a popular treatise on personal hygiene in the hotter parts of the world, and on the climates that will be met with within them / by G. M. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    INDEX TO PART I., CLIMATE AND HEALTH IN HOT GOUNTEIES. [For Index to Part II., Outlines of Tropical Climatology, see end of volume.] Abdominal chills, danger of, and methods of protection from, 28, 32, 144-146, 149; infantile, 153 Aerated waters— Cholera, safety of drinking, in out- break of, 136; manufacture of, neglect of necessary precautions in, 45-47 ; home manufacture of, 47-48 Africa, BiUiarzia prevalent in, 184 Africa, South— Camping out in, 83 Clothing in, 25 ; suitable head-dress, 170 Sleeping sickness of, 164, 165 Sunstroke rare in, 166 mentioned, 113 Air, disinfecting powers of, 162 Aladdin's Palace, 8 Alcohol, 62, 147 Allahabad, water supply of, 37 Alum— Drinking water purified by, 43, 137, 138 Injuriousness of, in baking powder, 59 Rice, cooking of, used in, 60-61 America— Head-dress in, 29, 171 North, mosquitoes in, 101 American cotton drill— Tent manufacture, for, 85 Unsuitability of, for hot climates, 26 Anglo-Indian gauze, 23 Animals infected by plague, 156; sa- credness of, in India, 156 Ankles, protection of, against mos- quito bites, 117 Anoplieles naosquitoes— Characteristics of, 102-104 Eggs of, figure of, 95 Larv» of, 4, 97-99 Nets protecting against, 124 Antypyrin, use of, in malaria, 128 Ants, white, 6, 14, 18 Apples, avoidance lof, during hot weather, 58 Assam, 182; plan of houses in, 5 ; pro- tection against leeches in riding, 29 Asses' milk for feeding infants, 50, 152-153 Australia— Bladder worm disease in, 184 Head covering in, 29 Tape worm parasites in meat in, 55 Bacon fat, nutritive value of, 79 Baids, or native doctors, 126 Baking powders, ingredients of, 59 Bamboo matting, use of, for building purposes, 5 Bancroft, Dr., 100 Barracks in India, advisability of pro- tecting against mosquitoes, 122 Basel Mission, Cannanore, fabrics manufactured by, 27, 28 Beef tea, 62 Bengali, 14, 145 Benger's food, 149, 154 Bhindi, the, 58
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