_Pills for hill diarrhœa_ and similar disturbances of the bowel:-- ℞ Euonymini } Pil. hydrargyri } āā grain i. Pulv. ipecac. } _Pulv. hydrargyri cum creta_, popularly known as grey powder. _Pulv. ipecacuanhæ_, in tabuloids of 5 grains each. _Quinine sulphate_ (or hydrochloride) _in powder_. The cork should be fitted with a small wooden cup, to measure 5 grains approximately. _Resorcin_, in tabuloids of grains v. each. _Thymol_, in tabuloids of grains x. each. _Tinct. camphoræ composita_, popularly known as “paregoric elixir.” INDEX TO PART I., CLIMATE AND HEALTH IN HOT COUNTRIES. [_For Index to Part II., “Outlines of Tropical Climatology,” see end of volume._] Abdominal chills, danger of, and methods of protection from, 28, 32, 144-146, 149; infantile, 153 Aerated waters-- Cholera, safety of drinking, in outbreak of, 136; manufacture of, neglect of necessary precautions in, 45-47; home manufacture of, 47-48 Africa, _Bilharzia_ prevalent in, 184 Africa, South-- Camping out in, 83 Clothing in, 25; suitable head-dress, 170 Sleeping sickness of, 164, 165 Sunstroke rare in, 166 mentioned, 113 Air, disinfecting powers of, 162 Aladdin’s Palace, 8 Alcohol, 62, 147 Allahabad, water supply of, 37 Alum-- Drinking water purified by, 43, 137, 138 Injuriousness of, in baking powder, 59 Rice, cooking of, used in, 60-61 America-- Head-dress in, 29, 171 North, mosquitoes in, 101 “American” cotton drill-- Tent manufacture, for, 85 Unsuitability of, for hot climates, 26 “Anglo-Indian gauze,” 23 Animals infected by plague, 156; sacredness of, in India, 156 Ankles, protection of, against mosquito bites, 117 _Anopheles_ mosquitoes-- Characteristics of, 102-104 Eggs of, figure of, 95 Larvæ of, 4, 97-99 Nets protecting against, 124 Antipyrin, use of, in malaria, 128 Ants, white, 6, 14, 18 Apples, avoidance of, during hot weather, 58 Assam, 182; plan of houses in, 5; protection against leeches in riding, 29 Asses’ milk for feeding infants, 50, 152-153 Australia-- Bladder worm disease in, 184 Head covering in, 29 Tape worm parasites in meat in, 55