Concept

Cold

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  • New experiments and observations touching cold, or an experimental history of cold, begun. To which are added an Examen of antiperistasis, and an Examen of Mr. Hobs's doctrine about cold / by the Honorable Robert Boyle ... ; Whereunto is annexed an account of freezing, brought in to the Royal Society, by the learned Dr. C. Merret. A Fellow of it.
  • Climber suffering from frostbite
  • Dorsal root ganglion neurone from a mouse, LM
  • A patient suffering perpetual coldness surrounded by perplexed physicians attempting their cures. Coloured soft-ground etching.
  • (Left) an old woman sitting on a stool with a cat and warming her hands at a brazier; (right) an old man playing the hurdy-gurdy. Etching by E. Russell after J. Callot.

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