19 JULY 1968, Page 29

It's in the bag

Sir: Dr John Rowan Wilson (28 June) gives an impressive list of medical 'musts' for those courageous travellers who venture into darkest

Europe. I tremble at the thought that this list may be incomplete.

What of splints and bandages; what of per- manganate of potash, most useful for snake bite and for cleaning suspect baths and lavatory seats; what of suppositories for the sufferer from piles aggravated by those 100 per cent carbohydrate breakfasts; and what indeed of the younger traveller let loose in Europe with- out THE PILL? Surely it would be wellnigh impossible to explain this latter need to the ignorant foreign pharmacist who cannot even speak English.

Claire Ai ever Adele, Portland Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa