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frozen, so that it is white, stiff, cold, and devoid of feeling or power 

 of motion, the principal advice, not to be forgotten, is, not to warm 

 the frozen part too quickly ; rub the joint in a cold room with snow 

 or ice until some sensibility returns ; then rub it with cold water, and 

 wrap it up in fine linen rags, which should be moistened with a mixt- 

 ure of five parts of Goulard's solution and one part of spirits of cam- 

 phor, and then tie it up in a rubber sheeting or oiled silk. Quite use- 

 ful, too, will prove, after some feeling has returned, a hand or a 

 foot bath with bleaching-powder. For this purpose a tablespoonful 

 of bleaching-powder is dissolved in a basin of cold water. In order 

 to be sure of doing everything that can be done, on going to bed at 

 night, wrap up the frozen joints in flannel, and drink something that 

 will cause perspiration. 



If a hand or foot, even though it may have been entirely frozen, 

 be rubbed with snow until the return of feeling, and is then at night 

 brought into perspiration, the injury will in most cases have been 

 entirely cured, and no relapse need be feared. 



The few directions that have here been given will, if carefully fol- 

 lowed, suffice. Of course, there are legions of cures and curatives that 

 are recommended for frozen joints. These, however, are in place only 

 where, through careless treatment, after-effects of the freezing, such 

 as ulcers, chilblains, etc., remain. The frequent occurrence of such 

 ills proves how rarely a frozen joint has received the right attention 

 in the first place, when it would have been entirely restored. 



There are some physicians who believe it impossible to prevent 

 chilblains when a joint has once been frozen. It is, of course, true 

 that severe cases of freezing will occur where even the best of care is 

 powerless to prevent serious trouble, and which may sometimes even 

 involve the loss of some part of the frozen joint. 



All things considered, however, it may be said that one can guard 

 against permanent injuries through frost if the right treatment be 

 adopted immediately after the freezing has occurred ; and even that 

 those injuries which have been caused by too rapid a warming and 

 other wrong treatment can be materially improved by attentive and 

 correct care. 



For the removal of those red spots which appear principally on the 

 nose, and which may prove quite disfiguring, we used to employ hot- 

 water vapors, followed by washings with a solution of dilute hydro- 

 chloric acid (one to six), or a solution of bleaching-powder in water. 

 Lately, however, I advise, and with better results, the application of 

 hot-water vapors, and at night the putting on of a salve made up of 

 one part of ichthyol and eight parts of vaseline. 



Unfortunately, the ichthyol has a brown color, but this can easily 

 be removed in the morning by using warm water and soap. If any 

 one is particularly sensitive respecting his appearance, he may repeat 

 the treatment with the ichthyol in the morning, after having employed 



