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.
Hot flashes generally are caused by complex hormonal changes due to menopause in women. Hot flashes are described as feeling like a warmth moving throughout the body that begins with the head along with profuse sweating. Men and children also suffer from hot flashes caused by medications, cancer, infections, and other health problems.