Antibiotics should not be given as a routine. It is perdurable, f good nursing conditions and close medical supervision can be assured to with hold antibiotics until necessary in order to reduce the risk of infection by resistance organisms. Food: When coma is prolonged it is essential to maintain nutrition by giving a high calorie fluid diet by means of a nasal tube. Care of the skin bladder and bowel is also required although these are last to be mentioned the preventions of pressure sores begin from the earliest moment. Earl catheterizations necessary to obtain urine for analysis when the case of coma is unknown.