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TREATMENT OF PARTS 



^* As soon as marks of sense and motion are 

 discerned^ the frictions may be made with brandy, 

 or camphorated spirit of wine. It is then gene- 

 rally considered advantageous to let the patient 

 have some gently diaphoretic drink, such as a 

 little mulled wine, a basin of tea, &c. and he 

 may now be put to bed in a chamber where there 

 is a fire. 



In this situation he is to remain until he be- 

 gins to perspire, when a perfect recovery of 

 whatever sensibility may have been lost, gene- 

 rally succeeds. 



Where a part is almost in the state of gan- 

 grene, in consequence of sudden exposure to 

 sudden heat, sometimes its recovery may still be 

 accomplished by immersing it in water of a tem- 

 perature nearly as low as the freezing point. 

 The part must be kept immersed until the swell- 

 ing, pain, and marks of discolouration begin to 

 diminish, when frictions with brandy, &c. may 

 commence, and the warmth be gradually in- 

 creased. 



