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		Where There Is No Doctor - A Village Health Care Handbook (Hesperian Foundation, 1993, 516 p.)
			(introduction...)
			HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
			THANKS
			TEACHING AIDS AT LOW COST
			INTRODUCTION
			NOTE ABOUT THIS NEW EDITION
			WORDS TO THE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKER (Brown Pages)
			Chapter 1 - HOME CURES AND POPULAR BELIEFS
			Chapter 2 - SICKNESSES THAT ARE OFTEN CONFUSED
			Chapter 3 - HOW TO EXAMINE A SICK PERSON
			Chapter 4 - HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A SICK PERSON
			Chapter 5 - HEALING WITHOUT MEDICINES
			Chapter 6 - RIGHT AND WRONG USES OF MODERN MEDICINES
			Chapter 7 - ANTIBIOTICS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO USE THEM
			Chapter 8 - HOW TO MEASURE AND GIVE MEDICINE
			Chapter 9 - INSTRUCTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR INJECTIONS
			Chapter 10 - FIRST AID
			Chapter 11 - NUTRITION: WHAT TO EAT TO BE HEALTHY
			Chapter 12 - PREVENTION: HOW TO AVOID MANY SICKNESSES
			Chapter 13 - SOME VERY COMMON SICKNESSES
			Chapter 14 - SERIOUS ILLNESSES THAT NEED SPECIAL MEDICAL ATTENTION
			Chapter 15 - SKIN PROBLEMS
			Chapter 16 - THE EYES
			Chapter 17 - THE TEETH, GUMS, AND MOUTH
			Chapter 18 - THE URINARY SYSTEM AND THE GENITALS
			Chapter 19 - INFORMATION FOR MOTHERS AND MIDWIVES
			Chapter 20 - FAMILY PLANNING - HAVING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN YOU WANT
			Chapter 21 - HEALTH AND SICKNESSES OF CHILDREN
			Chapter 22 - HEALTH AND SICKNESSES OF OLDER PEOPLE
			Chapter 23 - THE MEDICINE KIT
			THE GREEN PAGES - The Uses, Dosage, and Precautions for the Medicines Referred to in This Book
			THE BLUE PAGES - New Information
			VOCABULARY - Explaining Difficult Words
			ADDRESSES FOR TEACHING MATERIALS
			Dosage Blanks - For Giving Medicines to Those Who Cannot Read
			Patient Report
			Information on Vital Signs
			ABBREVIATIONS - WEIGHT - VOLUME
			Back cover

ABBREVIATIONS - WEIGHT - VOLUME

ABBREVIATIONS (A shorter way of writing a longer word; a few letters mean the whole word)

+ means and or plus

= means the same as, or is equal to

Figure

% = percent

WEIGHT (how heavy something is)

16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (lb.)
1 pound = 454 grams (gm.)
1000 grams = 1 kilogram (kilo, kg.)
1 kilo = 2 1/5 pounds
1 ounce = 28 grams
1 gram = 1000 mg.
1 grain (gr.) = 65 mg.

Figure

VOLUME (how much space or bulk something has; for measuring liquids)

1000 milliliters (ml.) = 1 liter

1 milliliter = 1 cubic centimeter (cc.)

3 teaspoons (tsp.) = 1 Tablespoon (Tbs.)

3 tsp. = 1 Tbs.

1 teaspoon = 5 milliliters

1 Tablespoon = 15 milliliters

30 milliliters = about 1 ounce (of water)

30 ml.

is about

1 ounce

8 ounces = 1 cup

32 ounces = 1 quart (qt.)

1 quart = 0.95 liters (l.)

1 liter = 1.06 quarts

is just a little more than

1000 milliliters (ml.) = 1 liter
1 milliliter = 1 cubic centimeter (cc.)
3 teaspoons (tsp.) = 1 Tablespoon (Tbs.)	3 tsp. = 1 Tbs.
1 teaspoon = 5 milliliters
1 Tablespoon = 15 milliliters
30 milliliters = about 1 ounce (of water)	30 ml.	is about	1 ounce
8 ounces = 1 cup
32 ounces = 1 quart (qt.)
1 quart = 0.95 liters (l.)
1 liter = 1.06 quarts		is just a little more than