436 Where There Is No Doctor 2011
Consumption (See Tuberculosis)
Contact dermatitis, 204, 421
Contraception, 284–294, 393–396
Contraceptive foam, 290, 395
Contractures, 314, 421
Convulsions, (See Seizures, Spasms)
Cooperatives, w24
Cornea, 217, 218, 224, 225, 226, 228
Corn silk, 12
Corns, 210, 421
Cortico steroids, 51, 129, 370
Cortisone, 51
Cough, 168–169
chronic, 168, 324, 400
common causes, 168
cough with blood, 140, 171, 174, 179
medicines for, 52, 383
smoker’s, 149
Counting days method, 291–292
Cradle cap, 215
Cramps, 421
gut, 12, 35, 106, 145, 147, 243, 380
heat, 81
Cretinism (See Hypothyroidism)
Crop rotation, w13, 115, 117, 427
Cross eyes, 223, 318
Crutches, how to make, 315
Cupping, 22, 421
Cuts, 84–86
CVA (Cerebro-vascular accident), 37, 78, 288, 327
Cyst, 143, 243, 280, 421
D
Dacryocystitis, 223
Dandruff, 215, 421
Dandy fever (See Dengue)
Dangerous illnesses, w28, 42, 179–192
Dangerous use of medicine, 50
Date of expiration, 332
Deafness
home cure for, 11
in children, 318
with ringing and dizziness, 327
Death, accepting, 330
Decongestants, 164, 165, 421
Defects, birth, 7, 289, 316–321, 421
Deformities, 421
from birth, 289, 316–321
with leprosy, 191–192
Dehydration, 151–152, 421
and diarrhea, 46, 155
causing sunken fontanel, 9, 274
danger of laxatives with, 15, 382
medicine not to take, 52–53, 156
prevention and treatment, 152, 156, 381
Delhi boil (See Leishmaniasis)
Delirium, 24, 421
and malaria, 186
and typhoid, 189
Dengue, 187
Dermatitis, contact, 204, 421
Diabetes, 127, 251, 329, 410
Diaper rash, 215, 422
Diaphragm, 285, 290, 395
Diarrhea, 151–160
and dysentery, 144–145, 153, 306
babies with, 159, 271
causes of, w7, 17, 107, 132–33, 135, 153, 399,
400
causing sunken fontanel, 9
home cures for, 11
prevention of, w7, 46–47, 154
severe, 151, 160
treatment of, 58, 152, 155–158, 383
with blood, 144–145, 157–158, 306, 401
with vomiting, 151, 157
with worms, 142
Diet, 421
congestion and, 23
for fever, 8
for postpartum mothers, 8, 123, 276
for sick persons, 40, 123
for small children, 120–122
for specific diseases, 40, 124–130, 154–156
harmful ideas about, 123
things to avoid, 119
what to eat to stay healthy, 110–111
while taking medicines, 123
with oral contraceptives, 286
(Also see Foods, Nutrition)
Diets for specific diseases, 40, 124–130
acid indigestion, heartburn, and ulcers,128–129
anemia, 124
constipation, 16, 126, 382
diabetes, 40, 127
diarrhea, 155–156, 159
goiter, 130
high blood pressure, 125
people who are too heavy, 126
Digestion, 13
Diphtheria, 147, 296, 313–314
Direct pressure, 82
Disability
how injections cause, 74, 314
in children, 74, 314, 318–321
Diseases (see sicknesses)
Dislocations, 38, 101, 316, 422
Dizziness, 327, 249
Dolor de ijar, 22
Dosage information, 340
Double vision, 227
Douche, 241, 247, 258, 281, 292, 422
Down’s disease (mongolism), 318, 425
D.P.T. vaccination, 147
Drinking (alcohol), 148–149, 318, 325, 326, 328
400, 416
Drowning, 79, 422
Drug abuse, 399, 401, 416 –417
Dry eyes, 107, 113, 226, 391
Dry malnutrition (marasmus), 112–113