Hints to Travellers, Vol. II

About this eBook

Editor

Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945

Title

Hints to Travellers, Scientific and General, Vol. 2 Tenth edition, revised and corrected

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Royal Geographical Society.

Credits

Michael Ciesielski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

Q: Science

Subject

Spherical astronomy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67668

Release Date

March 20, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE TO VOL. II.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.HINTS TO TRAVELLERS. VOL. II. — I. METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY. — Non-Instrumental Observations. — Instrumental Observations.
6. 6.II. PHOTOGRAPHY. — Photography in Natural Colours.
7. 7.III. GEOLOGY.
8. 8.MEMORANDUM ON GLACIER OBSERVATIONS.
9. 9.IV. NATURAL HISTORY. [7]
10. 10.V. ANTHROPOLOGY.
11. 11.Note by Professor R. R. Marett.
12. 12.Queries of Anthropology. — I. Physical Character. — II. Mode of Subsistence. — III. Religion and Customs. — IV. Arts and Manufactures. — V. Personal Ornaments, Disfigurements, etc. — VI. Ivory and Wood Carving. — VII. Money.
13. 13.Anthropological Notes.
14. 14.VI. INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. [16]
15. 15.VII. ARCHÆOLOGY. — A.—Recording. — 1. Mechanical Reproduction. — 2. Other Reproductions. — 3. Literary Memoranda. — B.— Cleaning and Conservation.
16. 16.VIII. MEDICAL HINTS. — Introduction. — Risks to Health in a Tropical Climate. — Precautions on the Voyage. — General Hints. — Vaccination. — Inoculation. — Isolation. — Transmission of Infection. — Diseases and their Prevention and Treatment. — Table of Diseases Classed according to Etiology. — Bed-sore. — Beri-beri. — Blackwater Fever. — Bronchitis, or Inflammation of the Branches of the Windpipe. — Burns and Scalds. — Cerebro-Spinal Fever. — Chicken-Pox. — Chilblains and Frostbite. — Cholera. — Colic. — Concussion of the Brain. — Constipation. — Coryza, or Cold in the Head. — Cystitis, or Inflammation of the Bladder. — Dengue. — Diarrhœa. — Diphtheria. — Dysentery. — Enteric or Typhoid Fever, including the Paratyphoid Fevers. — Epilepsy. — Faintness. — Filariasis. — Gonorrhœa. — Hay Fever. — Influenza. — Insect Pests. — Iritis, or Inflammation of the Eyeball Itself. — Jaundice. — Laryngitis, or Inflammation of the Upper Part of the Windpipe. — Leeches. — Leishmaniasis. — Liver, Congestion of :— — Liver, Acute Inflammation of :— — Liver Abscess. — Malaria. — Malta Fever. (See Undulant Fever. ) — Measles. — Mumps. — Myiasis. — Ophthalmia, Simple. — Ophthalmia, Purulent. — Piles. — Plague. — Pleurisy, or Inflammation of the Membrane Covering the Lung. — Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Lungs. — Quinsy, or Inflammation of the Tonsils. — Relapsing Fever. — Rheumatism. — Rupture or Hernia. — Sand-Fly Fever. — Scarlet Fever, or Scarlatina. — Scorpion Sting and Spider Bite. — Scurvy. — Sea-Sickness. — Skin Diseases. — Sleeping Sickness. — Sleeplessness. — Small-pox. — Snake Bite ( see p. 281 ). — Sprue. — Stroke, or Apoplexy. — Sun-Stroke and Heat-Stroke. — Syphilis. — Tick Fever. — Typhus Fever. — Ulceration of the Throat. — Undulant (Malta) Fever. — Urine, Retention of. — Urine, Suppression of. — Worms. — Yellow Fever. — MEDICINES, MEDICAL APPLIANCES, ETC. — Temperature Taking, Hypodermic Injection, Baths, Catheters, Stomach Tubes, Enemas, and Poultices.
17. 17.TREATMENT OF WOUNDS AND INJURIES. — To clean and dress a Wound. — Bleeding or Hæmorrhage. — After-Treatment of Wounds. — Erysipelas. — Blood-Poisoning. — Bruises. — Sprains. — Poisoned Wounds from Snakes, Animals, and Arrows, etc. — Drowning. — Fractures. — Treatment of Simple Fractures. — Dislocations. — POISONS.
18. 18.Canoeing and Boating. — Canoeing. — Boating.
19. 19.ORTHOGRAPHY OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. — RULES FOR THE SPELLING OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES FOR BRITISH OFFICIAL USE.
20. 20.ON THE GIVING OF NAMES TO NEWLY-DISCOVERED PLACES.
21. 21.FOOTNOTES
22. 22.INDEX.

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