Dumdum fever (See Leishmaniasis)
Dysentery, 144–145, 422 (Also see Diarrhea)
E
Ears
how to examine a sick person’s, 34
infections of, 309
nodes behind, 88
ringing of, 107, 327
Earwax, 405
Eclampsia, 249, 390, 422
Ectopic pregnancy, 36, 243, 249, 280, 414
Eczema, 216
Emergency
problems of the gut, 93–95
supply of medicines, 332
use of injections, 66
Emergencies caused by cold, 408–409
Emergencies caused by heat, 81
Empacho, 22
Emphysema, 170
Enema, 15, 76, 92, 422
Energy foods, 110–111
Enterobius (pinworm, threadworm), 141
Epilepsy, 38, 178, 319, 388–390
Epsom salts, 16
Erysipelas, 212
Evaluation, w20, 422
Evil eye, 5, 422
Examining
a pregnant woman, 250–253
a sick person, 29–38
breasts, 279
eyes, 33, 217
eyesight, 223
for appendicitis, 36, 95
for hernia, 94, 317
for knee reflexes, 183
Excision, 404
Exhaustion, heat, 81
Expectorants, 52, 383, 422
Experimenting, w15
Extra finger or toe, 318–319
Eyes, 217–228
cross eyes, 223
danger signs, 33, 217
dryness of, 107, 113
examining the eyes, 33
eye problems of older people, 323
eye problems with leprosy, 192
foreign objects in eyes, 48, 218
of newborns, 221, 270, 378, 391
red and painful, 219, 225
yellow, 30, 172, 274, 328, 329
Eyesight testing, 223
F
Face
dull, 318
lumpy skin on, 191
Where There Is No Doctor 2011 437
paralysis of, 37, 327
Fainting, 78, 79, 81, 325, 327
Falciparum malaria, 158, 186, 363
False labor, 258
Family planning, w16, 246, 283–294, 393–396, 415
and infertility, 244
Farming, w13, 412–413
Farsightedness, 323, 422
Fatigue, 23, 124, 323, 400
Fats, 111, 121
Feces, 422
and infections, 84, 96, 131
in home remedies, 11
in newborn’s mouth and nose, 268
(Also see Stools)
Feces-to-mouth, disease spread from, 131–133,
140, 188
Feet
clubbed, 319
loss of feeling in, 127, 162, 173, 191–192
swelling of, 113, 124, 144, 176, 248 249, 323
Fertile days, 244, 291
Fetoscope, 252, 255, 422
Fever
childbirth, 27, 276, 283
diet with, 8
high, 15, 75–76, 335
how to bring down, 75, 76, 335
in children, 306
in the newborn, 270, 273
patterns in different diseases, 26–27, 30, 31
Fever blisters or cold sores, 48, 171, 232
La Fiebre, 26
Filmstrips, w22
Fire wood, 135
First aid, 75–106, 422
Fits (See Seizures)
Flannel-graphs, w22
Fleas, 190
Flies
and disease, w23, 135, 227–228, 406
before the eyes, 227, 323
Flu, 45, 57, 163, 308, 422
Flukes, blood, 146, 376, 422
Fluoride, for teeth, 229
Foam, contraceptive, 285, 290, 395
Folic acid, 118, 321, 392, 422
Folk beliefs, 3, 6–8, 123
(Also see Home remedies)
Folk disease, 21–26
Follicles inside the eyelids, 220
Fontanel (soft spot)
sunken, 6, 9, 151, 274
swollen, 274
(Also see Dehydration)
Food poisoning, 23, 103, 135, 153, 161
Foods
at low cost, 116–118
for a person with diarrhea, 155–156
for sick persons, 41
for small children, 120–122