The common symptoms of heat rash are red bumps on the skin, and an itchy or prickly feeling to the skin. These are due to inflammation of the superficial layers of the skin (the epidermis) and the prickly sensation is similar to the feeling of mild sunburn.
A bouffant cap is a hat whose function is to keep stray hair in and water or other contaminants out. It resembles a bag with a gathered elastic opening that covers the hair and fits snugly around the hairline. A bouffant cap is traditionally used to protect a complicated hairstyle while sleeping or showering.
THERE are some who view the bouffant-haired, pompous poltroon as one of those English eccentrics who add to the gaiety of the nation. Flashman, Brown's one-time school-room nemesis, may be lecher, womaniser, coward and self-confessed poltroon but he is all too candidly human as well.