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.
What Causes Heat Hives? If you have heat hives, you may get a hives rash as a reaction to any type of action that makes your body temperature rise, including sun bathing (also see sun hives), exercising, stress, taking a shower or bath with hot water or going from a cool area to a warm area of air or water.