Reddening and roughening of the skin, and pain on pressure indicate an approaching bedsore before there is an abrasion of the skin. Those washes that cause smarting must be discontinued, and sulphate of zinc ointment, and unirritating plasters used. If a part is dead and likely to slough off, apply charcoal or yeast or chlorinated poultices until the gangrenous parts can be removed. After the separation of the slough you can apply lint smeared over with carbolated cosmoline or whatever application the surgeon or doctor may direct. The sore must be washed and applications renewed each day, and at each time it may be covered with a piece of oiled silk or muslin, or rubber tissue confined in place by adhesive straps. BATHS. The SPONGE BATH or washing can be done partly under the bed clothes, and but a small part of the body need to be exposed at a time. Do not bathe immediately after a meal. Always have a bath of the temperature directed by the doctor. The following terms are used to indicate different temperatures: BATH. WATER. VAPOR. AIR. Cold, 32° to 65° Fahr. Cool, 65 to 75 Temperate, 75 to 85 Tepid, 85 to 92 90° to 100° 96° to 106° Warm, 92 to 98 100 to 115 106 to 120 Hot, 98 to 112 115 to 140 120 to 180 To put a feeble patient in a bath wrap her in a sheet and lower her gently down in it. When she is taken out wrap her in a warm dry sheet and over this fold a blanket. After a few minutes’ rest and a little wiping with a soft dry towel the clothes may be put on. Do not give a cold bath when the patient feels chilly, when there is perspiration, or there is inflammation or congestion of an internal organ. The temperature of the body may be lessened by means of the wet pack in cold water, or by means of a sheet wrung out of cold water wrapped around the patient, and changed every ten or fifteen minutes, or by applying towels from the neck downwards, wrung out of cold water. For the wet pack the sheet may be wrung out of either hot or cold water. Spread a comforter and two blankets on the bed and over these a sheet wrung out of the water. Remove all the patient’s clothing, lay her in the middle of the sheet, then draw over one side after another of the blankets and comforter, wrapping her from the neck to ankles; apply something to the feet to keep them warm, give plenty of drink, and put a wet compress on the forehead. If this is intended to induce perspiration or repose, the patient may remain in the pack two or three hours. A BLANKET BATH is used as a means of sweating. A blanket is wrung out of hot water and wrapped around the patient. She is to be packed in three or four dry blankets and allowed to rest quietly for thirty minutes. Then the surface of the body must be well rubbed with warm towels, and the patient made comfortable in bed.