nd frozen all over. He was put into cold Water, and
immediately the icy Spicula were discharged from all Parts of
his Body, so that he seemed covered with an icy Crust. He was
then put into a warm Bed, and took a Cordial Draught, and a
plentiful Sweat followed; after which he recovered with the
Loss of the last Joints of his Fingers and Toes. _De
Gangraena_, cap. xiii. People who are benumbed with Cold in
frosty Weather ought never to be brought immediately near a
Fire; for that has been found either to cause immediate Death
or Gangrenes of the Extremities; and even Apples and other
Fruits which have been frozen, if brought immediately near a
Fire, turn soft and rot; but if put into cold Water, throw
out the icy Spicula, and recover, so as to be almost as good
as before they were frozen.

[123] _Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen_, 2d edition,
page 19.

When Men are quartered or cantonned in Towns or Villages, whose
Situation is low and damp, and where fresh Meat and Vegetables are
scarce in Winter, and the Scurvy frequent among the lower Class of
People; Commanding Officers, at the Approach of Winter, ought to use
their Endeavours to provide a Store of Potatoes, Onions, Cabbages,
sour Crout; of pickled Cabbages, and other pickled Vegetables; of
Apples and other Fruits, preserved in different Forms, to be laid up,
and sold out to the Men at a cheap Rate during the Winter. They
should contract, if possible, with Butchers to furnish the Men with
fresh Meat[124], and endeavour to procure good small Beer, or Cyder or
Wine in the Wine or Cyder Countries; or Spirits to be mixed with
Water, and a small Proportion of Cream of Tartar or Vinegar; or some
other wholesome fermented Liquor for their Drink[125]; and to put
their Men into as dry comfortable Quarters as possible.

[124] The Regiments in _Germany_ who kept their Butchers in
Winter, and made Stoppages of the Mens Pay, and obliged them
to take a certain Quantity of Meat daily, were much more
healthy than those who used no Precaution of this Kind.

[125] In Places where the Articles here mentioned are at too
high a Price for a Soldier's Pay, a small Allowance, from the
Government, of such Things would contribute much to the
Preservation of the Mens Health in unwholesome Garrisons.

In Times of War, when Men are sent upon Expeditions into warm
Climates, great Care ought