Includes index.

Words to the village health worker -- Home cures and popular beliefs -- Sicknesses that are often confused -- How to examine a sick person -- How to take care of a sick person -- Healing without medicines -- Right and wrong use of modern medicines -- Antibiotics : what they are and how to use them -- How to measure and give medicine -- Instructions and precautions for injections -- First aid -- Nutrition what to eat to be healthy -- Prevention : how to avoid many sicknesses -- Some very common sicknesses -- Serious illnesses that need special medical attention -- Skin problems -- The eyes -- The teeth, gums and mouth -- The urinary system and the genitals -- Information for mothers and midwives -- Having the number of children you want -- Health and sicknesses of children -- Health and sicknesses of older people -- The medicine kit -- The green pages.