The stove for a vapour bath really consists of a little lamp containing methylated spirit, with a saucer above, in which is placed about 1/2pt. of water (plain or medicated). For a hot-air bath, the saucer of water is omitted. In either case the stove is placed beneath a chair which has a solid seat, not perforated, and the bather sits on the chair. The stove or lamp can be in any simple form. A shallow tin canister with three or four wick tubes through the lid would do. The wicks should be of loose cotton wicking, and they can be adjusted with a needle or piece of wire; a pinion wheel for the wicks is not needed. Methylated spirit in moderate quantity can be burned without a wick if desired. Make a tin saucer with taper sides, so that the diameter at the top is about 1 1/2in. and at the bottom 2 1/4 in.; the depth should be about lin. This will probably hold enough spirit to give one bath. It is, however, safest to have a stove with wicks. The saucer for the water may be as wide as possible, say 6 in., and should be of very thin metal so that the water will boil quickly.