CONTENTS. 
V 
SECTION VII. 
PAGE 
Medical Hints (by W. H. Crosse, m.d., late Principal Medical Officer, 
Royal Niger Co.) ......... 155-248 
Introduction, 155 — General Directions for the Preservation of 
Health and Prevention of Disease, 157—Diseases and their Treat¬ 
ment, 164—Treatment of Wounds and Injuries, 206—Care of 
Infants and Children, 222—Poisons, 223—Medicines, Medical Ap¬ 
pliances, &c., 226—Temperature taking, Hypodermic Injection, 
Baths, Catheters, Stomach Tube, Enemas and Poultices, 243. 
Orthography of Geographical Names.249 
On the Giving of Names to Newly-Djscovered Places . . 256a 
INDEX.. 257-266 
