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COLD APPLICATIONS

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 8, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 10.

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COLD APPLICATIONS.

By John Harvey Kellogg

THE primary effect of a cold application is excitant.
The secondary effect is invigorating, restorative, and tonic.
The actual effect of an application of cold depends upon the method of making the application, the temperature, the susceptibility and condition of the patient, and many other factors; in general, it may be said that—
A short application of intense cold is excitant, and if repeated daily, tonic.
A more prolonged application of cold at a moderately low temperature is less exciting and less tonic.
A prolonged cold application is both excitant, or tonic, and sedative, the depressant effects resulting from the exhaustion of the nerve centers from prolonged excitation and the lowering of the temperature of the body.—J. H. Kellogg, M. D., in Good Health,