The jacket poultice, sometimes employed in cases of pneumonia, requires some skill in its preparation.

For a child from one to three years old, use about a pound of flax-seed meal in each poultice.

Take a piece of muslin or a large towel long enough to go entirely around the patient's chest, and of sufficient width, when folded on itself, to extend from the collar-bone to a few inches below the lower end of the breast-bone. After the meal is properly mixed, spread it evenly over one entire half, lengthwise, of the cloth, which should then be folded over. Place this around the chest, with the open edge upward, and fasten behind. It should be held up by a tape passing over each shoulder.

Put this poultice on as hot as the nurse can tolerate it against her cheek; cover with oiled silk and renew every three or four hours. When the cool poultice is to be removed have a hot fresh one ready for immediate application.