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not working on the staff, though it is difficult not to do 

 so when obvious relief can be given. 



A list of useful and simple articles for the medicinal 

 outfit will be of value, and these can be supplemented 

 or altered according to the knowledge and experience 

 of the reader. 



As far as possible all the medicines should be taken 

 in a solid form, as bottles are liable to become broken. 

 The whole should be taken in a compact form, in a 

 small steel medicine-chest divided into compartments, 

 so that any article required can be obtained without 

 unpacking the whole case. As with the other articles 

 comprising the hunter's outfit, the total weight of the 

 case or cases must be borne in mind. 



The really necessary drugs, etc., that should be carried 

 are : 



Medicines. 



Quinine. 



Phenacetin. 



Cascara Sagrada. 



Calomel. 



Soda Mint. 



Easton's Syrup. 



Diarrhoea Pills. 



Essence of Peppermint. 



Dover's Powder. 



Epsom Salts. 



Chlorodyne. 



Washes and Ointment. 



Permanganate of Potash. 

 Tincture of Iodine. 



Ichthyol and Hazeline Cream. 



Vaseline. 



Embrocation. 



Boric Ointment. 



Bandages and Instruments. 



Bandages and Oiled Silk. 



Adhesive Plaster. 



Boric Lint and Gauze. 



Scalpels. 



Scissors. 



Forceps. 



Safety Pins. 



Thermometer. 



Hj'podcrmic Syringe. 



Snake-bite Lancet, 



Curved Needles and Silk. 



