guinea worm, sickle cell disease, frostbite, drug addiction and dangerous pesticides have also been added. It is similar to previous editions as it contains sections on how to examine & take care of a sick person, healing with & without medicine, how to use antibiotics, instructions/precautions for injections, first aid, nutrition, how to avoid many sicknesses, some very common sicknesses, serious problems, the eyes, the teeth/mouth, the urinary system/genitals, information for mothers/midwives, family planning, health & sickness of children/older people and an updated list of medicines with correct dosages & precautions. Also useful is the list of where you can order other appropriate teaching materials. 512 pages. $13.00 postpaid. Where There Is No Dentist By Murray Dickson. (Fifth edition, 1989) The first half of this manual uses many simple illustrations and clear, detailed language to teach people how to take care of their own teeth and gums and how to prevent most dental problems. Special attention is given to promoting preventative dental self-care in your community through educational activities. The second half deals with how to treat dental problems. These sections include dental examination & diagnosis, treating some common problems, scaling teeth, injecting inside the mouth, cement fillings, taking out a tooth, how to make and where to buy dental instruments. Also contains a handy diagnostic chart for identifying causes of dental pain. 208 pages. $6.50 postpaid. Disabled Village Children By David Werner (Second edition, Nov. 1988) This book explains how to do effective low-cost rehabilitation therapy in a village community center without formally trained therapists. Heavy emphasis is placed on community involvement/acceptance, and the advantages of villager therapists that are themselves disabled. Whereas rehabilitation experts helped create and revise the book, many of the book’s ideas have evolved from the community-based rehabilitation center, PROJIMO, run mostly by disabled villagers. The manual covers information usually only available to professionals, such as the identification and management of common disabilities, how to make low cost aids, development of skills for daily living, ways to make therapy fun and useful, brace, limb and wheelchair-making in the village, simple ways to meet basic needs, prevention of disabilities, stimulation for early development and how to foster community acceptance. 672 pages. $15.00 postpaid. ''aretoothbrushes 600D OR BAD FOR |v\0ST PEOPLE'S TEETH r > (BAD f Schools and dentists TEACH US that WE NEED A toothbrush to clean ouR teeth. BUT most op us CAN'T AFFORD onEi So we let oor teeth rot.F ACTUALLY, WE CAN KEEP OUR TEETH clean with a stick OR OUR FINGER. SO FOR MOST' OF US,toothbrushes cause OUR TEETH MORE HARM THAN GOOD^ 1. Use a small branch, young bamboo, strong grass or the skin from sugar cane or betel nut. 2. Cut a piece that Is still green and soft. 3. Chew one end to make it stringy like a brush. 4. Sharpen the other end so it can clean between the teeth. RAIN Spring 1993 Volume XIV, Number 3 Page 18
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