The doctor finally gave up and told her to go home and soak the wound in coal oil twice a day and pray for healing. The remedy worked. As I suspected, a detailed search of the book did not show coal oil as a recommended remedy for any malady. I now believe use of the concoction was for purely psychological reasons.
Prickly heat causes an itchy rash of small red raised red spots with a prickling or stinging sensation. Prickly heat usually affects parts of the body covered by clothes, such as the back, abdomen, neck, upper chest, groin or armpits.
1 Heat stroke is a form of hyperthermia in which the body temperature is elevated dramatically. 2  Heat stroke is a medical emergency and can be fatal if not promptly and properly treated.  The cause of heat stroke is an elevation in body temperature, often accompanied by dehydration.