Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-03
COLD FEET IN BED.

While winter is at hand, and with it the
many attendant discomforts ard annoy
ances of chilly, frosty atmosphere, it is
becoming to fortify ourselves against the
influences and effects of cold. 1t Is better
to be so clothed as to feel a little too warm,
rather than not warm enough. One of the
common obstacles to personal comfort is
cold feet, particularly cold feet at night.
When abed one feels that he ought to be
comfortable We NAV succeed, perhaps,
during the day in maintaining passable
degree of caloric in our extremities, but at
night we may groan in sleepless torture
until the small hours with icy feet. A
contributor to the British Medical Journal
gives few simple suggestions on this
seasonable topic, which we copy here for
the benefit of our cold-footed readers
The association betwixt cold feet and
sleeplessness is much closer than is COM
monty imagined. Persons with cold feet
rarely sleep well, especially women. Yet,
the number OF persons so troubled is very
considerable. We now know that, if the
blood-supply of the brain be kept up,
sleep is impossible An old theologian
when weary and sleepy with much writing
found that he could keep his BRAN active
by immersing his feet in cold water; the
cold drove the blood from the feet to the
head. Now, what this old gentleman &C.
complished by design, is secured for many
persons much against their will. Cold feet
are the bane OF many women. Light boots
keep up bloodless condition of the feet
IN the day, and in many women there is no
subsequent dilatation of the blood-vessels
when the boots are taken off These wo-
men come in from a walk, and put their
feet to the fire to warm-the most effective
plan of cultivating chilblains. At night,
they put their feet to the fire, and have
hot bottle in bed But it is all of no use
their feet still remain cold How to get
their feet warm is the great question of life
with them-in cold weather. The effective
plan is not very attractive at first sight to
many minds. 1t consists in first driving
the blood-vessels into firm contraction,
after which secondary dilatation follows.
See the snow -baller's hands! The first
contact with the snow makes the hand ter
ribly cold for the small arteries are driven
thereby into firm contraction, and the
nerve-endings of the finger tips feel the
low temperature very keenly. But, as the
snowballer perseveres, his hands commence
to glow; the blood vessels have become
secondarily dilated, and the rush Of warm
arterial blood is felt agreeably by the pc
ripheral nerve-endings This is the plan to
adopt with cold feet They should be
dipped in cold water for brief. period
often Just to immerse them and no more,
is sufficient; and then they should be
rubbed with pair of hair tiesh-gloves, or
a rough Turkish towel till they glow, i'm
mediately before getting into bed. After
this hot-water bottle will be successful
enough in maintaining the temperature of
the feet, though without this preliminary
it is impotent to do so. Disagreeable as
the plan at first sight may appear, it is
efficient and those who have once fairly
tried it continue it, and find that they have
put an end to their bad nights and cold
feet. Pills, potions, lozenges, might
caps" all narcotics, fail to enable the suf-
ferer to WOO sleep successfully; get rid of
the cold feet, and then sleep will come of
itself. Il chronological Journal.
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