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can be stopped. In all cases take a strong aperient ; 

 this often stops the illness. Then a treatment of 

 bismuth and soda and non-emetic ipecacuanha will 

 probably make a cure, giving as food infused tea only, 

 and a little toast. If the case is severe, keep the 

 patient on milk and extract for two or three weeks, 

 when meat may be again given. 



Chlorodyne and diarrhoea pills can also be used 

 with success. 



Dentistry. — For toothache, a small bottle of some 

 cure should be added to the medicines, and if a 

 slight knowledge of dentistry is part of the hunter's 

 accomplishments, a pair or so of forceps for extracting 

 teeth would come in handy. 



Books. — One or two books on simple doctoring 

 should be taken along and kept in the medicine-chest. 

 A work that should not be forgotten is " P^irst Aid 

 to the Injured," published by the St. John Ambulance 

 Association. 



It is perhaps more true with medical science than 

 with anything else that " a little knowledge is a 

 dangerous thing," but in the field, far away from any 

 doctor, a little knowledge is better than no knowledge 

 at all, and if but a few good principles and the in- 

 telligent use of a k\v simple drugs and instruments 

 are acquired, and common sense, care, and great 

 cleanliness exercised in treating sickness and wounds, 

 much good can be done, and quite an amount of 

 unnecessary suffering checked in the beginning. 



