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FROSTBITE , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

MORTIFICATION

mortification (q.v.), due to the See also:

ACTION

action of extreme See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold in cutting off the See also:

BLOOD

blood-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply from the fingers, toes, See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose, ears, &c. In comparatively trifling forms it occurs as " chaps " and " See also:

CHILBLAINS (or KisE; Erythema pernio)

chilblains," but the See also:

TERM

term frostbite is usually applied only to more severe cases, where the See also:

PART

part affected becomes in danger of See also:

GANGRENE (from Gr. y&yypawa, an eating sore, from ypaivewv, to gnaw)

gangrene. An immediate application of See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow, or See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-See also:

WATER

water, will restore the circulation; the application of See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat would cause inflammation. But if the mortification has gone too far for the circulation to be restored, the part will be lost, and surgical treatment may be necessary.

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