Reactions (See Allergic reactions)
Rebound pain, 35, 95, 426
Rectum
prolapse of, 142, 426
Reflexes, testing, 183, 426
Rehydration Drink, 152, 311, 381, 400, 426
and vomiting, 161
as an enema, 15
for acute abdomen, 95
for dehydration, 9, 46, 158, 306
for newborns, 273
for very sick persons, 40, 53
Remedies (See Home remedies)
Resistance, 426
to antibiotics, w19, 57–58, 237, 350
to infection, 108, 120, 271
Resources, w8, w12, 115, 283, 426
Respiration (See Breathing)
Retardation, mental, 114, 306, 318, 320–321, 426
Rheumatic fever, 27, 310
Rheumatoid arthritis, 324
Rhinitis, allergic (hay fever), 165, 426
Rhythm method, (See Counting days method)
Ribs, broken, 99
Rickets, 125
Ringing of the ears, deafness, and dizziness,
107, 327, 358, 361, 378
Ringworm, 11, 205–206, 371
River blindness, 227–228, 377
Road to health chart (See Child Health Chart)
Rotating crops, w13, 115, 117, 427
Roundworm (ascaris), 140–141
Rubber (condom), 239, 285, 290, 395, 401–403
Rubella (See German measles)
Rubeola (See Measles)
Rupture (See Hernia)
S
Salt
iodized, 130, 247, 318
purges, 16
using little, 120, 125, 176, 249, 325, 326
Sanitation, w10, 137–139, 153, 427
Scabies, 34, 199–200, 335, 372
Scales (to weigh babies), 297
Scars
on the cornea, 224, 226, 228
on the eyelids, 220
preventing burn scars, 97
Schistosomiasis, 146, 337, 376
Scorpion sting, 11, 106, 337, 387
Scrofula, 212
Scrotum, 233, 427
small sores on, 199
swollen, 317
Seborrhea, 215
Seizures, 23, 178, 422
caused by high fever, 76
from birth defects, 273, 319
in cerebral malaria, 186, 366
Where There Is No Doctor 2011 443
in children, 307, 319
in meningitis, 185
in pregnant women, 249, 390
medicines for, 336, 388–390
(Also see Spasms)
Senna leaf, 16
Septicemia, 275, 427
Serious illnesses, w28, 42, 179–192
Seven year itch, 199–200, 335, 372
Sexually transmitted infections (STI), 236–239,
285–286, 290, 399–403, 427, 428
Sheath (condom), 239, 285, 290, 395, 401–403
Shigella, 145, 158, 353, 358
Shingles, 204, 373, 400
Shock, 30, 77, 325, 427
allergic, 70, 105, 166, 350
from serious burns, 97
heartbeat during, 33, 410–411
in postpartum mother, 265
Shoulder, dislocated, 101
Sickle cell disease, 30, 321, 392
Sicknesses
causes of, 17–20, 107
common, 151–178
dangerous, w28, 42, 179–192
“home,” 21
“hot” and “cold,” 119
infectious, 18–19
non infectious, 18
of children, 215, 272–275, 311–314
of older people, 323–330
of women, 241
prevention of, 131–150
spread of, 131–137, 140, 188–189, 237–239,
399
telling apart, 20–21, 26–27
Side pains, 22
Signs, 20, 29, 427
Sinus trouble (sinusitis), 165, 427
Skin
cancer of, 211, 399
chart of different diseases, 196–198
diseases, 193–216, 406, 421
dryness of, 107, 208
how to examine, 34
in children, 215, 308
medicines for, 334–335, 370–373
painless sores, 191, 237, 279
TB of, 179, 212
ulcers, 212–213
Slipped disc, 173
Slowness (See Defects, Mental problems)
Smallpox, 147
Small sores with pus, 201, 211
Smoking
during pregnancy, 318, 416
problems caused by, 119, 129, 149–150, 289,
325, 326, 400, 416
Snails, 146
Snakebite, 104–105
antitoxin, 105, 337, 387
home cure for, 3