How should a salt bath be prepared?
A teacupful of common salt or sea salt should be used to each two gallons of water.
How should the buttocks be cared for?
This is the most common place for chafing, as the parts are so frequently wet and soiled; hence the utmost pains should be taken that all napkins be removed as soon as they are wet or soiled, and the parts kept scrupulously clean.
If the parts have become chafed, what should be done?
Only bran and salt baths should be used, and in very severe cases even these may have to be omitted for a day or two. The parts may be cleansed with sweet oil and a little absorbent cotton, and the skin kept covered with a dusting powder composed of starch two parts, boric acid one part.
What is prickly heat, and how is it produced?
It consists of fine red pimples, and is caused by excessive perspiration and the irritation of flannel underclothing.
How should it be treated?
Muslin or linen should be put next to the skin; the entire body should be sponged frequently with equal parts of vinegar and water, and plenty of the starch and boric-acid powder mentioned should be used.