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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [374] (378/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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374
HYGIENE AND DISEASE
with on the high seas, although it is well known on ships in the
narrow, land-locked Red Sea and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.'
It may have premonitory symptoms, as danger signals—lassitude,
headache, intolerance of light, irritability of the bladder; then
comes restlessness or wild delirium, which very rapidly is followed
by complete unconsciousness ; face suffused, breathing noisy, pulse
very quick, skin burning hot, and temperature rushing up to
a height which may prove fatal within a few hours. For these
cases the most urgent immediate treatment is cold douching,
cold pack, or ice pack, till the temperature is down to 102, but not
longer ; then a warm blanket, and perhaps stimulants, but not
strychnine. Quinine must be given if the patient has had malaria.
If the breathing threatens to stop, artificial respiration should be
done. Bleeding will relieve the severe congestion.
(3) In a third, ill defined, group of cases it seems that certain
rays of the light of the sun have a direct effect on the tissues, and
may even cause, in some cases, meningitis. The symptoms are
those of meningitis, or what is vaguely called ' brain fever '; and
the treatment is on the lines of the treatment of meningitis : abso
lute quiet in a cool, darkened room ; the head shaved, and kept
cool 1 ; bromides, light diet, no stimulants.
Enteric Fevers (which include typhoid and the paratyphoid
fevers) The germs of typhoid fever were discovered in 1880-1.
The first use of protective ' inoculation ' in this country was made
by Sir Almroth Wright and Sir David Semple, at Netley Hospital,
in 1896. Regarding the value of this treatment in the present war,
the figures given in January 1916 were as follows :
Among our Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium about
95 per cent, have been protected against typhoid fever ; the annual
average being about 90 per cent.
The annual admission ratio per 1,000 is more than nine times
greater among the non-protected than among the protected. Among
the non-protected it is 9-1 per 1,000. Among the protected it is
I per 1,000. The death-rate is thirty-one times greater. Among
the non-protected it is 1-84 per 1,000. Among the protected it is
0 06 per 1,000.
Typhoid fever, among a large body of men, may be spread by
flies, settling first on typhoid discharges and then on food or milk
Also patients recovered from typhoid may still carry the germs
inside them, and pass them in their discharges, and convey them on
soiled fingers. No such person should be employed on the prepara
tion or serving of food to troops till careful microscopic examination
of his discharges has proved that he is not a ' typhoid-carrier In
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume II, Routes (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1917) and contains details on routes in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as information on transport and lines of communication arranged on a geographical basis. Chapters concerning meteorological information, hygiene and disease, and vocabularies have also been incorporated. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. The sources from which the routes have been compiled, together with notes on directions and distance, appear at the head of each chapter, while some sections have been compiled on the basis of native information. Authorities cited include: George August Wallin, William Gifford Palgrave, Carlo Claudio Camillo Guarmani, Lady Anne Blunt, Charles Huber, Julius Euting, Gerard Leachman, Gertrude Bell, Anders Christian Barclay Raunkiær, William Henry Irvine Shakespear, and John Gordon Lorimer.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Methods of Transport;
- Chapter 2: Communications, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 3: Routes, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 4: Meteorological Observations;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene and Disease;
- Chapter 6: Vocabularies;
- Appendix: Note on the System of Transliteration and Glossary of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
There is also a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Terms'.
There is one map contained in this volume: 'Map 5. Key Map of Routes'. In addition, there are nine plates by Douglas Carruthers, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Captain Gerard Leachman, and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the map which is inserted at the back of the volume, on number 271.
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- 'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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