• examining the body thoroughly for reddened areas
• using a hand mirror for back, hips, heels, and elbows
• bathing daily with warm water and soap
• then rubbing lightly over paralyzed parts
• applying powder when the skin was dry
• using foam rubber pads to keep pressure off any part that showed signs of redness
• making sure that no part was subjected to pressure for more than an hour
• keeping the skin dry
  
  
•  treating every slightest abrasion as if it were a mortal wound.

Monotonous, time consuming routines,  but for the paraplegic, a matter of life or death!

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Source:

Take My Hands, The Remarkable Story of  Dr  Mary Verghese, a biography by Dorothy  Clarke Wilson