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many of the bad effects of cold. Would perfons 

 chilled with the feverity of the weather, rub their 

 bare limbs with woollen cloths for a confiderable 

 time after they return home, it would produce a 

 more equable and genial warmth, and contribute 

 more to fupport the powers of life, than any arti- 

 ficial heat whatfoever. The fame operation would 

 probably prevent many of thofe painful and refrac- 

 tory fores called chilblains, which are fo apt to affect 

 the extremities, efpecially in young people. Should 

 any perfons in extreme froft have their limbs or any 

 part of the body actually frozen, the utmoft caution 

 muft be had not to bring them near to any fire. 

 The fafeft method is faid to be, to rub the part 

 frozen firft with fnow, and to continue the friction 

 till fome degree of warmth begins to appear, but 

 not to fufFer the accefs of any heat from fire, till 

 the warmth from friction takes place. Even then, 

 the part frozen mould not be fuddenly expofed to 

 the heat of a fire, but rather be continued to be 

 rubbed till the natural fenfation and heat are per- 

 fectly reftored. If the part frozen be expofed to 

 the heat of a fire whilft in a frozen ftate, it will un- 

 doubtedly mortify. 



It feldom happens, that the cold is fo intenfe in 

 this country, as to deflroy thofe expofed to its in- 

 fluence by its direct and immediate operation -, yet 



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