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Following a telc!phone conversation with you this mcrni.qq, Dr. Donaldson has asked me to send ycu information concerning the diet of the I?angelancse.
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The pa~ya trees are now in fruit and although none The idea of collecting dally rations ~t Rongelar had to be apnroncb?d with caution. In the first conversations with the Rongolapese concerning the obtaining of suah rations it became obvious tlmt through miuunderstmding we would ultimately receive merely a collection or miscellaneous food items rather than actual daily ratlms of ~iemred food. The net ramlt was that we obtained from each of fourteen adults, one tmnty-four hour ration of food stuffs grown or oaught at RongelaT. We are reasonably Umftdmt that these rations are a twc representation. Pflrentheticz~lly, rats ohewmt into the ahlppin~ containers and components were weighed and the total ration nooled dried in” We hope that the idea of what is needed has been established with the Rcmgelapesp and that this represents the ncct?ssfiry beginning to more extonsiva collections of’thie kind.
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a midwife, %xnson and one other man who works in the hospital but whose nam~ was not wr~tten into notes. Leaves and stems used. Juice from stem squeezed into eye - aometimea stops pain in eye. Leaves crushed in hollow atone ~hen wrapped in cheesecloth, dipped in watsr and squeezed out. Mother drinks one cup 3 x dailyfor 2-3 weeks after delivery. Far toothache, pack the cavity with the flower. .Sometimes works 3 x a day for cum week. Sometimes better than aspirin. For coughing and griping pains in abdomen. ?rapared same a$ .~caevolu leave~, 3 x a day for 1 - 2 weelcs. Big cupful for adults, anLaU cupful for children. For diarrhea and deep wounds. For diarrhaa-prepared saxno as—.. juice mpu?azed out into one cup wattir, boiled and painted on wound Whik? hot. Aleo uued for stomach ache. Generally used in place of combination of aapirin and SUM a-thiazole. Prepared as Scaevola le~~.zes. Same effect as ‘Ihiamin chloride.
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Li#tof foods tiatin according to Kine: Breadfruit, Arrowroot, Tridacna, Squash, Langusta Chicken, Pig, Birds, Fish, Crabs etc. , usually boiled - boiling watitr diacgirdati.
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