BULLET AND SHOT 



recommended for use upon horses and cattle, is 

 valuable in the cases of rheumatism and of bruises. 

 In the case of ulcers, carbolic acid is useful. For 

 colds, I am a great believer in quinine, taken, as 

 soon as the malady is detected, thrice daily. It is 

 usually unnecessary in India to carry any solvent 

 for quinine, as the juice of one of the limes so 

 largely used in native cookery will dissolve it. 

 Eucalyptus oil, taken internally on sugar, is also 

 good for colds, and I have derived much relief at 

 home recently, in the case of heavy head colds, by 

 the use of menthol snuff combined with doses of 

 quinine taken thrice daily. 



Some lint, cotton-wool, two or three bandages, 

 and a pair of scissors will complete the necessary 

 list of contents of the medicine-chest which need 

 be carried by a healthy man, though, should any 

 sportsman be liable to suffer from an ailment which 

 requires special remedies, the latter should of course 

 be taken in addition to those named above. 



In case of sunstroke, the patient should be 

 undressed, and a cold water douche, from a height 

 of three or four feet, applied to the head, neck, 

 chest, and all over the body. Two grains of 

 calomel may be thrown on the back of the tongue, 

 and, after consciousness has returned, five grains of 

 antipyrin may be administered. An attack of 

 sunstroke appears to predispose the patient to 

 further seizures of the same malady, so that 

 exposure to the sun should be avoided after anyone 

 has once suffered from this complaint. The tabloid 

 is the most convenient form in which the majority 



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