Health hints for warm climates : for all personnel proceeding to the tropics and subtropics / issued by authority of the Air Member for Personnel, Air Ministry.

Date:
1943
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Credit: Health hints for warm climates : for all personnel proceeding to the tropics and subtropics / issued by authority of the Air Member for Personnel, Air Ministry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    liable to become under-nourished and so more susceptible to disease. This means that you will lose your efficiency and throw extra work on your comrades and become a liability instead of an asset to your country. (d) Alcohol.—Never drink alcohol until sundown is a golden rule in the tropics ; then only in moderation. The imbibing of alcoho] during the day or in excess after sundown predisposes to heat- stroke, by upsetting the heat regulating mechanism of the body, as well as making people careless so that they expose themselves unnecessarily to the sun, Moreover, over-indulgence in alcohol dulls the reason and may lead to undesirable sex adventures. Never drink intoxicants until after sundown (e) Bazaars.—On your first trip there is always the lure of strange places. A visit toa native bazaar will fascinate you. But remember, natives have many diseases to which you have little or no immunity and that they often have on their person fleas and lice, which carry such fell diseases as plague and typhus. Moreover, smallpox, dysentery and enteric fever are rife in most bazaars. You are strongly advised not to mingle with the crowds in bazaars,
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