1. You can see what drugs are available and how much each drug is stocked on board from Table 1, List of Medical Supplies, Class B, and representative drug products.
2. You can know the name of the drug you want by referring to Table 1, List of Medical Supplies and reading the page of this book on which the candidate drug is explained. Table 1. List of Medical Supplies Class B, and representative drug products is used as the index.
3. When you want to use any antibiotic, you should see the table which Table 2, lists the diseases for which each antibiotic is indicated.
4. When you cannot take analgesics or antispasmodics orally, you can use suppository preparations of these agents.
5. Since the shelf-life of drugs is relatively short, you should check the quality of each drug carefully before use.
6. Whenever you may have obscure or questionable points in this book, please don't hesitate to ask advice via radio Medical communications.
7. When you want to buy a drug overseas, you should order the drug in its nonproprietary name appended to its product name in a parenthesis in the Guides to the List of Medical Supplies, Class B, and representative drug products and List of Medical Supplies Class B.
8. "Medical communication" is the most reliable source of medical information at sea. You had better make the best use of the "Medical communication".
