Towels, Cold Wet.--A towel of the ordinary kind, and full size, is soaked in a basin of cold water and carefully wrung out until it is merely damp. Prejudice against this treatment is often aroused by putting on the cloths wet, and in a slack, blundering way, so as to make the patient most uncomfortable. It is then folded and applied to the skin, as directed. While applying the first, a second towel may be in the water. It is then wrung out and applied, while the first is placed to soak afresh. In prolonged cooling, care must be taken that the water in the basin does not get too warm. It should be frequently changed. The nurse should gently press the towels on the part, frequently changing the position of her hands. They should not merely be laid on, but gently pressed, unless this causes pain. The towels will need to be changed when hot, and will take from two to five minutes to lose their cooling effect, according to circumstances. Where cold increases the patient's distress, it is almost always safe to substitute heat. _See_ Cooling in Heating; Fomentation. Tumours.--A large, soft, fleshy tumour is usually simply an accumulation of waste material, which should have been excreted from the body if all the organs were in healthy working order. Where such a swelling exists, the first consideration is diet. For this, Barley (_see_) as chief food will do very well. Lemon and orange juice (_see_ Drinks) should be the drinks. The barley must _not_ be cooked with milk, and the drinks must be made with _pure water_. This plain diet will help very much towards the removal of the tumour. Then the back should be rubbed (_see_ Massage) with hot olive oil twice a day. This treatment alone has often removed the disagreeable swellings on the neck so often afflicting women. Also, fine soap lather (_see_ Lather; Soap) should be gently rubbed repeatedly over the tumour itself. This _alone_ we have known remove tumours, so it is important. The three forms of treatment, all applied carefully, will cure all but very obstinate cases. _See also_ Armpit Swelling; Hydrocele. Where fibrous tumours exist, the treatment is to _douche_ cold water on the part affected, while the rest of the body is kept warm. In case of such a growth in the abdomen, the patient sits in cold water, while the feet are placed in hot water, and the whole body warmly wrapped in blankets. Cold water is then thrown against the spot where the tumour lies. If the tumour is discovered early, its growth may be entirely stopped by this means. Such treatment for several minutes twice a day has in our own experience cured cases pronounced incurable. _See_ Sitz Bath.