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  • Table of Contents: Introduction, Note About This New Edition

  • Front matter: Cover, How to Use This Book, Acknowledgements

  • 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