Be prepared fo cope with minor ailments

Isn't it true that it’s never
the big things that “getcha”
but a series of little things?
We all manage to cope with
major disasters because we
haven't a choice but it’s hell
to try and manage a three
mile hike with blisters on
your feet and hemorrhoids!

Especially if you are part

of a tour group, it’s difficult“

or impossible to pick.. up
patent remedies for simple
problems so the smart
traveller comes prepared.
Naturally, -we'll all travel
with the prescription
medicines we need to
survive such as _ insulin,
nitroglycerine, high blood-

pressure tablets or ulcer
medication. What else do
you need? .
BANDAIDS: I don't
believe in covering every

small cut with a hunk of
plaster but there is nothing
worse than a blister rubbing
against shoe leather to make
you wish you had a pack of
bandaids.

DISINFECTANT: It never
hurts to smear a little of this
on scratches, bites and
blisters.

SUNBURN MEDICATI-
ON: Especially if you're
travelling with kids, this can
save you: some sleepless
nights. Both the preventative
kind and the painkiller stuff
are worth their weight in
gold if you need them.

ASPIRIN: It can help you
over a hangover, gargled to
relieve a sore throat and
shoved into a toothache. I’ve
been told that it can be
mixed with water and ap-
plied to the scalp to reduce
dandruff. Handy stuff!

OIL OF CLOVER: Unless
you have a full set of “china
clippers” a drop of this can
save a day.

POWDERED ALUM: If
your're one of those dolts
who wear new shoes for the
first time on a European
sightseeing hike, it dries up
those weepy blisters and
turns your heel into a prece
of iron leather.

AND FOR YOU, WITH
SPECIAL PROBLEMS:

PREPARATION “H” for
“temporary relief”

If you've ecver had a
problem of this nature.
you'll not want to encounter
it again at midnight in some
pensione in France!

MAGNALAX, I doubt uf
you'll need it in Mexico but
one never knows.

TUMS: Just take the
average businessman who
gets “uptight” when anything
goes wrong. Add five cxtra
drinks, two plates of spicy
food and in the middle of the
might he'll be groaning:
“Martha. Help!” Feed him a
tablet and hope for the best

Here are some things I

DON’T recommend:
OVER THE COUNTER
DYSENTERY MEDICINE:
Most doctors

prescribe anything to take
along as a cure. The idea is
that our bodies get rid of
bacteria in the most natural

by Barbara
McCreadie

way. We can assist by
watching what we eat but, if
caught by the plague, lay off
food and drink coke and
soda water alternately for 24
hours. If the problem
persists, see a doctor. If
you're going to take anything
by way of medication, taik to
your doctor. Some of the
junk that was highly touted a
few years ago was found to
cause blindness. Don’t wait
24 hours to see a doctor if
you've got a fever.

TRANQUILIZERS: If
you're addicted to any of
these, stay to hell home. Or,
better still, get
before you leave. For one
thing, imagine the problem if
you run out and can't gel a
prescription refilled. Even if
you're not a drinker, you
may sample the wine
overseas. Alcohol] and tranks
don't mix. Besides, who
wants to be zonked when
they sce the Ta) Mahal for
the first time?

HARD DRUGS. Foreign
prisons aren't in the class of
the Holiday Inn. Just try
trucking some of this junk
over a border and watch how
fast you get to do a com-
parison study!

SLEEPING PILLS Most
travellers find that the use of
“downers” is entirely un-

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mecessary. With all the
exercise and excitement
travel offers, staying awake
after ten p.m. is more often
the problem.

And: one more thing. If
I'd not had a tin of insect
repellent on .a few trips to
tropical places, Brian and I
would be divorce statistics. -
In Spain, mosquitoes fly ,
merrily up to the seventh
floor, bite like razor blades
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