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EFFECTS OF COLD. 



it would be almost useless my attempting to 

 bring forward ; but being so particularly struck 

 with Dr. Cooper's remarks On the Effects of 

 Cold/' I cannot resist making a few extracts^ 

 which may not only prove interesting to most 

 readers, but of vast importance to any one en- 

 tering into the frozen regions, or unfortunate 

 enough, at any time, to become frost-bitten. 

 He says — The first effect of certain degrees 

 of cold applied to the human body, is to retard 

 and weaken the circulation through the small 

 cutaneous vessels, more especially those which 

 are situated in the extreme parts, like the hands 

 and feet, or in projecting parts, as the ears, 

 nose, scrotum, &c. which expose a larger sur- 

 face to the atmosphere or medium, by which 

 their caloric is extracted; hence the skin be- 

 comes pale, and contracting round the miliary 

 glands and roots of the hair, exhibits a rough- 

 ness, which is compared to the skin of an un- 

 feathered goose, and is technically named the 

 cutis anserina. By severe degrees of cold, the 



