How to live in tropical Africa : a guide to tropical hygiene and sanitation the malaria problem the cause, prevention, and cure of malarial fever / by J. Murray, M.D. ; maps and climatological memoranda by E.G. Ravenstein ; edited by Leo Weinthal.

  • Murray, John.
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[1912]
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Credit: How to live in tropical Africa : a guide to tropical hygiene and sanitation the malaria problem the cause, prevention, and cure of malarial fever / by J. Murray, M.D. ; maps and climatological memoranda by E.G. Ravenstein ; edited by Leo Weinthal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'I he Clothing Problem in Tropical Africa. PART III. How Europeans Clothe and should Clothe in the Tropics. Europeans are slow to alter their style of dress, generally contenting themselves with producing familiar patterns in lighter material for tropical wear. Most people take out what the outfitter recommends—including the ordinary flannel shirt, weighing 15 to 18 ozs., and, still worse, woven undervests and drawers of wool and cotton. The stout flannel shirt becomes so imporous by constant bad washing that it has to be worn open in front (so exposing vital organs to danger of chill) to secure ventilation. Woven underclothes, when dry, cling to the skin and irritate it, so causing profuse sweatings. When wet they cling still more and asphyxiate the skin, also chilling it by permitting rapid loss of heat by conduction and radiation from the open pores. Reject woven garments of all kinds and of all materials as absolutely unsuitable for tropical wear. Coming to clothing in detail, we begin with Stanley’s travelling suit. “ When on the march, the lighter you are clothed the better, because at the halt you will be reminded of your paletot or overcoat. Very light flannel will be * All flannel should be well shrunk before being made up. To wash flannel properly, dissolve the soap in boiling water, and, when cool enough to be borne by the hand, wash the flannel in this solution. Rinse it out in cool, boiled water; shake, and dry in open air. To wash by rubbing in soap and using cold water, or by boiling, is to spoil the flannel.