Health in Africa : a medical handbook for European travellers and residents, embracing a study of malarial fever as it is found in British Central Africa / by D. Kerr Cross ; with an introduction by Sir Harry Johnston.

Date:
1897
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Credit: Health in Africa : a medical handbook for European travellers and residents, embracing a study of malarial fever as it is found in British Central Africa / by D. Kerr Cross ; with an introduction by Sir Harry Johnston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    tea, the largest supply of all the provisions is neces- sary. Butter—if desired. Condensed milk—if desired. Sago, tapioca, vermicelli. Rice—may frequently he bought in the country. Arrowroot or corn-flour—6 1-lb. tins. Barley, 10 lbs. in 5 2-lb. tins. Split lentils, 4 lbs. in 4 1-lb. tins. Hops, 4 |-lb. packets in sealed tins. Baking-powder, 6 1-lb. bottles ; bicarbonate of soda, 3 ^-lb. bottles ; tartaric acid, 3 ^-lb. bottles. Cloves, 1 ^-lb. tin. Mixed spice, nutmeg, orange peel, senna leaves, sultana raisins, currants. Dried mint, 1 j-pint bottle. Dried parsley, 1 j-pint bottle. Golden syrup, 6 1-lb. tins. Saltpetre for pickling beef or pork, ^ lb. Miscellaneous. Soap, brown soap, say 20 lbs. Carbolic. Toilet. Soft soap. Blue. Starch. Borax, beeswax. Candles, 30 lbs. Matches, 1 gross. Blue black ink, 2 bottles. Gum. Nubian blacking. Knife polish. Washing soda. Keating’s insect powder, 3-lb. tins. Lump camphor, 1 lb. Glycerine, 1 small bottle. Linseed meal, 2 1-lb. tins. Carbonate of ammonia, 1 bottle Spirits of wine, small quantity 2 provision-opening knifes. Nail-puller. 2 corkscrews.