| MEDICAL CHORES |
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| The medical wagon and medical kit are described on another page. It will show where things may be found. |
| Consult the Camp Healer or check the chore boards for supplies that need to be restocked and replenished. |
| Always post medical chores on the medical chores board. |
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| MEDICAL WAGON |
| The medical wagon needs to be cleaned and sterilized everyday. All should be cleaned down with soap and sterile (distilled) water, then wiped down with sterile (distilled) paga.MEDICAL KITS/CHESTS |
| Medical kits and chests need to be checked regularly to make sure they are fully stocked. Supplies can be quickly used up when treating after a raid or contest. |
| CLEANING CONTAINERS |
| All containers can be first cleaned with antiseptic soap and hot water. Depending on the container, boiling water, green herbal solution, or distilled paga may be used to sterilize the inside of the container. Seal tightly to keep it sterile until the container is used. |
| MAKING NEEDLES |
| Carve slender bits of bone and sharpen one end, drilling an eye through the other with an awl (slaves must ask permission to use a quiva). |
| MAKING GUT THREAD |
| Cut animal gut or sinew into very thin strips |
| MAKING BANDAGES |
| Find rags in good shape (do not use the silk ones), wash them, then rip them into long strips. Boil them so that they are sterile and allow them to dry inside the medical wagon. Roll them up and store them in the medical wagon. |
| CLEANING USED CLOTHS |
| Though this can be done as a laundering chore, because the cloths have been used in medical treatment, caution must be taken. After laundering the cloths, they must be boiled to make sure that no particle that may cause infection or illness is present. Once sufficiently boiled, they can be allowed to dry. When dry, they are folded and stored in the medical wagon or added to medical kits. Cloths used on infectious conditions are best burned. |
| DISTILLING WATER AND PAGA |
| This is done using the distilling equipment kept in the wagon. It is a collection of tubes and beakers with a heating section that is candle heated. The water or paga is poured into a reservoir beaker at one end. The heat from the heating section draws it into the tubing into another reservoir. The drops of heated water or paga collect and drip into tubing leading to another reservoir beaker where it can be poured into sterile bottles and botas and stored. The solids and residues from the paga and water are disposed of and the entire assembly carefully cleaned with antiseptic soap and water. See distilling example. |
| SOAP |
| Antiseptic soap is made using the soap recipe. |
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| Thanks to Amukusa for use of this information. |
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