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CH. IX 
especially such things as quinine, asperin, phenacetin, 
castor oil, boracic, and some good disinfectant such 
as lysol ; also all necessary antiseptic and other 
bandages. A good grounding in “ first aid ” is almost 
certain to come in handy. 
Finally, any woman going out to East Africa need 
no longer feel that she is going into a strange, wild, 
unhealthy country. Those days are all past. She 
will find friends new and old, occupations and 
amusements of all kinds, and if she be one of the 
modern out-of-door, practical girls that are fortunately 
becoming so common, may look forward to a 
thoroughly good time. 
