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335&#93; FRO In the* open air, or (n a < 1 ', ■ 1 in :i postui :. to the near urned gently t > t : oft", as a r >u jh ment occasio d ints, or iV tin.- bui :s. Next, t! frame, excepting the face, should be covered with a b ;d from 12 to 18 inches in thic nessj or, if this cannot be procured, cold water and ice may be substituted, and cloths successively clipped in it may be spread over the whole . i specially the head and I . After continuing these af- fusions, gentle frictions with flan- nel or soft brushes, likewise im- sed into cold fluids, should be commenced ; alternately making use of the shower-bath, and perse- vering in these attempts for an hour ist, when the body ought to be undisturbed for some mini If no signs of life appear, clysters of cold water with oil and vinegar, or six ounces of brandy, are to be given, and the former process again repeated 3 so that Ave or lours sometimes elapse, before a iy symptoms of animation are As scon, however, as there is the least prospect of re- covery, warm fomentations must be resorted to 5 the degree of fric- tion cautiously increased ; or the patient placed in bed between two robust persons ; emollient clysters red ; and, when he is able to t •. a cup of tea with a little ar, wine, or brandy, may be allowed. In many desperate in- stances, however, it will perhaps be proper to perform venesection, FRO h*5 totrttn into the lungs by, >>r I in p. 190 of thi-$ to the i at of the pr fe sion. ■ 1 ver of cold on vegetables is weH : rtown ; and, though the 1 the whole moi Lation the formei ■ occur in climate, th oduc- tive of more extensn e, be- cause their eflfetts are evident al- most every year. — . rosts ar' ; t most powerfully .-, Iy culti- vated, on account of the vapours continually ascending from such soil. Trees recently cut, also, suffer more than others from the spring frosts : a circumstance which must b*e attributed to their shooting forth with greater luxuriance. Hence, likewise, light and sandy soils are t lis mere frequently damaged than and tougli land, though boih may be equally dry. As the blossoms of fruit-trees are more particularly affected by ear y frosts, we shall communicate the following easy and simple me- thods of securing them : 1. A rope is to be interwoven among the branches of the tree, and one end of it immersed in a pail of water. This rope, it is said, will act as a conductor, and convey the effects of the frost from the tree to the water. 2. According to M. Malls*, the early hoar-frost may be ren- dered harmless in its effects, by pouring fresh spring-water on the trees and vines thus covered, be- fore the sun rises. — When mist or dew attends a frosty night, but has not
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