INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED ON HOW TO MAKE MEDICINES, WITH A SHORT LIST OF MEDICATION TYPES AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF THEY ARE TAKEN INCORRECTLY INCLUDING ANTIBIOTICS, PAIN MEDICATIONS, ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS, AND SEIZURE AND SYMPTOMATIC MEDICATIONS). ADVICE IS GIVEN ON SUNBURN AND MEDICATIONS. AN INDEX FACILITATES RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION ON VARIOUS DRUGS. THE BULK OF THE GUIDE CONSISTS OF POINTERS ON SELF-TREATMENT AND WHEN TO CONTACT HEALTH SERVICES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS. THESE INCLUDE TREATMENT FOR ACNE, BLISTERS, BOILS, HEMORRHOIDS (PILES), HIVES, SUNBURN, SPLINTERS, SHAVE BUMPS, HEAD INJURIES, CUTS AND SCRAPES, BRUISES, AND COLD SORES. TREATMENT IS OUTLINED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION, FAINTING SPELLS (SYNCOPE), CHOKING, FROSTBITE, HEAD INJURIES, SPRAINS AND STRAINS, SEVERE BLEEDING, PUNCTURE WOUNDS, HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME, AND HEAT STROKES. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA, DOUCHING, COMMON COLDS, FEVER, HEADACHES, TOOTHACHES, BACKACHES, EARACHES, INSECT BITES AND STINGS, INSOMNIA, INSULIN REACTIONS, MINOR BURNS, UPSET STOMACH, VAGINAL DISCHARGE, SINUS PROBLEMS, NOSEBLEEDS, PAIN WITH URINATION, POISONING, AND NAUSEA AND VOMITING.