It is also well to leave directions with the friends to bathe the face and neck once in two or three hours with the Preservative, using the brush for that purpose, and the cloths should be replaced on the face and hands during the night, as before stated. A body treated in the foregoing manner can be kept for a _week or ten days_ in any kind of weather (_the very warmest_) with perfect safety, and with comparatively little trouble to yourself you will have conferred a very great favor on the friends of the deceased, by thus giving them an opportunity of looking upon the remains from day to day, as often and as long as they wish, and also giving them all the time they may want to arrange and re-arrange the dress, hair and flowers preparatory to the funeral. It will readily be seen that this would be _very much more satisfactory_ to any one, and much more in keeping with the refined taste of the present day, than the practice of hiding the body away to be _frozen_ in the UNSIGHTLY ICE BOX, which is always a HORROR to the friends of the deceased. CHAPTER IV. Directions to Observe in a still More Obstinate and Difficult Case. Where the body is badly bloated, when you are first called, it is best, immediately after attending to the stomach (as before instructed) to let off the gas from the cavities of the body. This is best done with the Gas-trocar, if you have one, as with this instrument, and having a small rubber pipe attached to it, you can puncture the abdomen or cavity of the body with the point of the Gas-trocar, and by extending the rubber pipe out of the window, the gas (which has a very offensive odor), will pass out of the window through the pipe, thus saving any disagreeable smell, for the time being, in the room. Many however, puncture the abdomen in several places and let the gas off in the room, as the Preservative will soon deodorize and purify the room. It is sometimes necessary to puncture the body in two or three places, in order to get rid of all the gasses, but seldom more than once, as in nine cases out of ten the gas will all escape in less than two minutes from one opening. Immediately after the gas has escaped, insert the point of the Syringe and inject one or two pints of the Excelsior Preservative into the cavity of the abdomen, which will pass all around the bowels and arrest any further decomposition or putrescence, and entirely prevent any further accumulation of gas or possibility of bloating. You can inject the Preservative through the Gas-trocar. If you have found it necessary to make more than one incision with the Gas-trocar or knife, it is well to inject some of the Preservative into every opening made, even to the extent of three pints or more.