How to Shit Around the World
The Art of Staying Clean and Healthy While Traveling
Published on 4. January 2011
190 pages
978-1-60952-046-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with the litany of the traveler's basic health problems. Readers will learn how to avoid and deal with:
Traveler's Diarrehea
Unhealthy water
Weird foods
Strange Toilets
Dehydration
Gastroenteritis
Immunization
Lack of adequate hygiene
Worms
Snakes, Spiders and Leeches
Going outside
Bathing
The special problems of children
Issues with seniors
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Jane Wilson-Howarth
How to Shit Around the World
The Art of Staying Clean and Healthy While Traveling
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01/2006
Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
€16.50
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Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and has run clinics and health education programs in Asia over the last 14 years.
Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Travelers' Diarrhea
- 2 What's in the Water?
- 3 Eating Right
- 4 Weird Foods
- 5 Squat Loos and Long-Drops
- 6 Water, Water
- 7 Caught Short?
- 8 Tummy Troubles
- 9 Immunization Against Diarrhea and Travelers' Ills
- 10 Coping Without Paper
- 11 Women's Unmentionables
- 12 Can It Be Worms?
- 13 Bad Beasts
- 14 Going Outside
- 15 Bathing
- 16 Children
- 17 Senior Travelers
- 18 Homecoming
- 19 Packing List and Minimal Medical Kit
- 20 Resources and References
- Index
- Index of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
