Werner, David, 1934-

Where there is no doctor : a village health care handbook / by David Werner ; with drawings by the author. - 1st English ed., 2d slightly rev. print. - Palo Alto, Calif. : Hesperian Foundation, 1978, c1977. - 403 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Translation of Donde no hay doctor. Includes index.

Introduction to the English Edition // Words to the Village Healthy Worker // Home cures and popular beliefs // Sicknesses that are of ten confused // How to examin 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 aviod many sicknesses // Some very Common sicknesses // Serious illnesses that need special medical attention // Skin problems // The eyes // The teeth , gums and mouth // The urinary tract and the genitals // Information for mothers and midwives // Family planning : Having the number of children you want // Health and sicknesses of children ///

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Medicine, Popular--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Community health aides--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medicine, Rural--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Rural health--Handbooks.
Community health aides--Handbooks.

RC81 / .W4813 1978

362.1 WER

WA390 W492d