1. First Aid: This manual is offered by the St. John Ambulance Association for use by the members of the general public. Being layman in the field of medicine(s), it is not expected of them to give to the unfortunate any treatment but to practice the basic principles of first aid and render such aid as needed by the victims till such time as medical aid arrives or he is carried to the hospital. The basic characteristic of this manual is to make the layman fully competent theoretically in the subject in a scientific method keeping in view the revolutionary changes that have emerged over the decades in modern medicine(s).

First Aid, as is known the world over has been practised ever since the inception of Humanity. In India the historical evidence of rendering first aid to the wounded and sick is available in our history quoting a very few a the wars of Mahabharata, the Mughals and the Sikhs, and during the natural and manmade calamaties.

2. Home Nursing: IN THE nineteenth century the names of Mrs. Elizabeth Fry and Miss Florence Nightingale were pre-eminent for-the work they did in reorganizing hospitals and inaugurating the training of professional nurses.

The name-of Jean Henri Dunant, too, will always be remenmbered for the great service he rendered to humanity. A Swiss, Dunant was present at the Battle of Solferino in 1859. He was appalled at the suffering he witnessed and wrote a book recornmending the formation of relief societies “whose aim should be to help the wounded in time of war, by means of volunteers, zealous, devoted and well qualified Societies of this kind would be always organized and ready”. As a result of his efforts the international Red Cross Committee was established in Geneva and exists today, and the Geneva Convention, an international treaty, was promulgated, to be followed in due course by three other Conventions.

Today three such Voluntary Aid Societies arc active in Great .Britain: the Order of St. John, of which the St. John Ambulance Association is a foundation; the St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association; arid the British Red Cross Society.

3. Hygiene & Sanitation: The basic principles of official health services are now universally recognised in modern communities. The protection and promotion of health and the welfare of the citizens are accepted as the normal and essential functions of the Government although its obligations may be delegated in large part to its local bodies.

4. Mothercraft & Child Welfare:The publication of this book will fill a long -felt want. Up to the present no book exactly on these lines has been published. There is a growing demand that Domestic Hygiene should be taught in Indian girls' schools and this little book is admirably adapted to meet this demand. Taken in conjunction with the Manuals on First Aid and Home Nursing, already published, the Manual on Mothercraft completes a series of courses suitable for school girls, young married women, girl guides or Junior Red Cross Groups, the usefulness of which will be universality admitted. The Council desires to express its gratitude to Dr Balfour for writing the book which has further increased the debt India owes to her.

5. Voucher and medallion

Name of the Course	Type of the Course	Duration	Number of Seats
First Aid.	Diploma	3 Months	50
Home Nursing.	Diploma	3 Months	50
Hygiene & Sanitation.	Diploma	3 Months	50
Mothercraft & Child Welfare.	Diploma	3 Months	50

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