General Rules for Treating Burns and Scalds--Hints on Dressings--Burns Caused by Acids and Alkalies--Remedies for Frostbite--Care of Blisters and Sores--Chilblains--Ingrowing Toe Nails--Fainting and Suffocation--Fits. PART II I. CONTAGIOUS MALADIES 191 Symptoms and Treatment of Scarlet Fever--Diagnosis--Duration of Contagion--Difference Between True and German Measles--Smallpox--Cure a Matter of Good Nursing--Chickenpox. II. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 221 Typhoid Fever--Symptoms and Modes of Communication--Duration of the Disease--The Death Rate--Importance of Bathing--Diet--Remedies for Whooping Cough--Mumps--Erysipelas. III. MALARIA AND YELLOW FEVER 247 Malaria Caused by Mosquitoes--Distribution of the Disease--Severe and Mild Types--Prevention and Treatment--Yellow Fever not a Contagious Disease--Course of the Malady--Watchful Care and Diet the only Remedies. INDEX _To First Aid and General Topics_ NOTE.--The Roman numerals I, II, III, IV, V, and VI indicate the volume; the Arabic figures 1, 2, 3, etc., indicate the page number. Abrasions, I, 64 Abscess, alveolar, II, 58 Acids, burns by, I, 176, 177 poisoning by, I, 140 Acne, II, 145 Adenoids, II, 61 Adulterated food, tests for, V, 91 Adulteration of food, V, 87 Ague, I, 247 cake, I, 254 Air-bath, the, IV, 159 Albumen, IV, 262 Alcohol, use of, IV, 44, 153 Alcoholic drinks, IV, 153 Alcoholism, III, 47, 52 Algae, remedy for, V, 56 Alkalies, burns by, I, 177 poisoning by, I, 140 Amenorrhoea, III, 75 Anaemia, III, 174 Ankle, sprain of, I, 65, 67, 68 Ankle-joint fracture, I, 115 Antitoxin, II, 77 Apoplexy, III, 49 Appendicitis, III, 256 Arm, fracture of, I, 91 Arteries, systemic, III, 168 Artery, bleeding from an, I, 51, 52 Arthritis, II, 177 Artificial respiration, I, 28 Asthma, II, 104 Astigmatism, II, 26 Athletics, home, IV, 69 Auricles of the heart, III, 168 =BABY=, bathing the, III, 109 care of the, III, 108 clothing of the, III, 110 diet for the, III, 134 food for the, III, 132; IV, 261 nursing the, III, 114 teething, III, 113 temperature of the, III, 110 weaning the, III, 117 weighing the, III, 112 Bacteria, destruction of, V, 238-253 in food, I, 147-154 in soil, V, 135 Baldness, II, 167; IV, 21 =BANDAGES=, I, 133 forms of, I, 132, 134, 136, 137 for bruises, I, 62-64 for fractures, I, 83-117 for sprains, I, 65-72 for wounds, I, 51-61