New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

heat exhaustion and cramps

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heat exhaustion and cramps

47.

This condition is in a great measure due to salt loss owing to sweating. This can be prevented by supplying the following drink:

  • Half ounce table salt to a gallon of water.

  • Flavour with lime juice or lemon.

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Title: New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Author: Stout, T. Duncan M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1956, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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