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Alphabetical lists
Where There Is No Doctor has several reference sections, or lists where you can
look things up. Three of these are arranged in alphabetical order:
• The INDEX (the yellow pages at the end of the book)—where you can look up
the page or pages with information about almost anything in the book.
• The INDEX OF MEDICINES in the GREEN PAGES-to help you find the page
with the uses, dosage, and precautions for the medicine you want to know
about.
• The VOCABULARY—where you can look up the meanings of words written
in italics in the main part of the book.
In each of these lists, the words are arranged so that their first letters are in the
order of the alphabet: A,B,C,D,E, and so on until Z.
Suppose you want to look up ‘Vomiting’. Depending on whether you are
interested in medicines, a definition, or a full discussion on vomiting, you can
look it up in the GREEN PAGES, the VOCABULARY, or the INDEX.
First, look for the large dark letters in the center of each column. V will be near
the end of the lists because it is near the end of the alphabet.
if you
find T
or U,
If you
find W
look
further
ahead
for V.
After you find V, start looking for ‘Vomiting’—after ‘Vaccinations’ and
‘Vitamins’.
or X
go back
to fin V