FITNESS AND GENERAL HEALTH 9 



These few things cover all that the hunter with no 

 medical training will require ; and they should all be in 

 a non-liquid form, at least as far as possible, and most 

 of the drugs in 5-gr. tablets. Plain are preferable to 

 sugar-coated, as they are more easily assimilated ; if 

 certainty of absorption is doubtful, the tablets should be 

 powdered and taken suspended in water or milk. 



Malaria. — Quinine and phenacetin are good both 

 for colds and fever. When the first feelings of fever 

 come on, take the temperature, and, if above normal, 

 instantly get between the blankets (unless, of course, 

 the trek must be continued), take 10 gr. of phenacetin 

 and soon after a hot cup of tea ; this will induce sweat- 

 ing. An hour or so after take 10 or 1 5 gr. of quinine, and 

 endeavour to get to sleep; also give an aperient, and if 

 at all constipated, administer 2 gr. of the calomel. 



In the morning, if the dose is mild, the patient will 

 be feeling quite fit, but do not imagine for a moment 

 that the fever has quite gone ; continue lying in bed 

 if possible, and keep the quinine going for a day or 

 so after, starting off with another 10 gr. first thing 

 and gradually tailing off, taking it in decreasing doses 

 at intervals of two or three hours, and give 5 gr. daily 

 for two or three weeks after, and Easton's Syrup as 

 a tonic. 



Dogs also are subject to a form of malaria, and then 

 they should be treated much as human beings. 



One of the author's best dogs was laid up for over 

 a week and all but died. It was treated with 5 gr. 



